Ballard Forest Transportation 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
33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 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
- 20
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 35
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 3 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 25 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2023 | NC | 1 | 0 | No |
| Jan 26, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2018 | VA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2017 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2017 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2015 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2013 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2011 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 23, 2011 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 22, 2011 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2010 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2009 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2008 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2005 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2005 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2005 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2005 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |