American Road Lines Inc
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
41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4
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
- 17
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 44
- Annualized
- ≈22 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 177.817 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 8, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 57 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2024 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2023 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2023 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2022 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2021 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2020 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2019 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2018 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2016 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2016 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2015 | NM | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2015 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2014 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2014 | NM | 1 | 0 | No |
| May 10, 2014 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2014 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2014 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2013 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2012 | ND | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 20, 2012 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 3, 2011 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |