Alban Tractor LLC
DBA CARTER MACHINERY
Safety
Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.
Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national
Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 6
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.
- Registered power units
- 140
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 58
- Annualized
- ≈29 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC
What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness5 · 2 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 55 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2024 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2024 | DE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2023 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2021 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 12, 2021 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2020 | DC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 24, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2020 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2020 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2019 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2019 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |