BADGER STATE FREIGHT 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
93 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 9
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
- 34
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 97
- Annualized
- ≈49 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 27, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 43 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2025 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 22, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2022 | FL | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2022 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2021 | TN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 15, 2021 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2020 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2015 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2015 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2015 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2014 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2012 | NH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2012 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |