FMCSA · Safety Measurement System register · Massachusetts

Crash Indicator in Massachusetts

• 3,025Reportable crashes
• 38,110Registered carriers in the state
• 40Fatal crashes in the state

Reportable crashes -- a fatality, an injury or a tow-away -- as recorded by the state that investigated them. Massachusetts carries 3,025 reportable crashes in this category, out of 255,582 recorded nationally, which places it 29 of 51 jurisdictions the register covers. Its share of the national figure is 0.012 as a fraction, banked by the build rather than turned into a ratio here.

The state’s carriers by fleet size

• 1 power unit 19,218
• 2 to 5 power units 13,185
• 6 to 20 power units 3,592
• 21 to 100 power units 708
• 101 to 1,000 power units 101
• 1,000 or more power units 75

Other categories recorded in Massachusetts

• Controlled Substances/Alcohol in MA 325
• Driver Fitness in MA 8,868
• Hazardous Materials Compliance in MA 153
• Hours-of-Service Compliance in MA 4,967
• Unsafe Driving in MA 16,399
• Vehicle Maintenance in MA 27,639

Crash Indicator across every jurisdiction → Every category in Massachusetts →

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.