FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Montana

Hazardous Materials Compliance in Montana

• 349Violations recorded
• 8,670Registered carriers in the state
• 2,279State inspections addressing it

Packaging, placarding and handling of hazardous materials. Montana carries 349 violations in this category, out of 42,552 recorded nationally, which places it 28 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.008 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here. Nationally, a violation in this category carries an average severity weight of 4.5.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 4,274
• 2 to 5 power units 3,297
• 6 to 20 power units 753
• 21 to 100 power units 154
• 101 to 1,000 power units 22
• 1,000 or more power units 7

Other categories recorded in Montana

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol 172
• Crash Indicator 1,203
• Driver Fitness 2,551
• Hours-of-Service Compliance 7,237
• Unsafe Driving 1,120
• Vehicle Maintenance 29,890

Hazardous Materials Compliance across every jurisdiction → Every category in Montana →

Figures from the federal source files: EPA’s ECHO downloads, CMS provider files and the FMCSA census.

Counts from FMCSA SMS input files on data.transportation.gov: kjg3-diqy (Motor Carrier Census, 2,122,441 rows), rbkj-cgst (Inspection, 5,834,148), 8mt8-2mdr (Violation, 6,808,260), 4wxs-vbns (Crash, 255,582), p2mt-9ige (Out of Service Orders, 399,600); SoQL aggregates fetched 2026-09-16. The rank is taken over the jurisdictions this desk publishes, and the national figure beside it is the register’s own total for the category.