BALLARD 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
136 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 10
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
- 91
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 140
- Annualized
- ≈70 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 7 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 70 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 2026 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2025 | KY | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2024 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 30, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 12, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2022 | KY | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2022 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2021 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 28, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2021 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2021 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 1, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2020 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |