FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · California

Crash Indicator in California

• 18,179Reportable crashes
• 316,711Registered carriers in the state
• 453Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. California carries 18,179 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 2 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.071 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 179,215
• 2 to 5 power units 47,583
• 6 to 20 power units 12,515
• 21 to 100 power units 3,436
• 101 to 1,000 power units 508
• 1,000 or more power units 156

Other categories recorded in California

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in CA 475
• Driver Fitness in CA 17,809
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in CA 2,806
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in CA 51,810
• Unsafe Driving in CA 51,987
• Vehicle Maintenance in CA 499,099

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in California →

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.