ALLEN DISTRIBUTION Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
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
- 95
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 49
- Annualized
- ≈25 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving20
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 105 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 59 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/17/2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/17/2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/27/2026 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/25/2025 | MI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 01/22/2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/01/2024 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/16/2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/11/2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/15/2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/21/2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/20/2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/13/2023 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 05/26/2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/17/2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| 04/27/2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/28/2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/17/2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/01/2022 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/05/2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 03/04/2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/27/2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/30/2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/20/2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/27/2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/11/2020 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |