BASIC TRANSPORT LLC 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
- 90
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 305
- Annualized
- ≈153 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.7 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 Driving95
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance57 · 6 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance48 · 22 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 32 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance36 · 3 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance32
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 6 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance29
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 17 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23
ELD & hours-of-service
117 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/03/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 28 total · 24 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/30/2026 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/11/2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/27/2026 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/16/2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/03/2026 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/23/2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/06/2026 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/22/2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/08/2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/16/2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/30/2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/15/2025 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/29/2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/14/2025 | TX | 0 | 3 | No |
| 08/02/2025 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/14/2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/16/2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/04/2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/24/2025 | NY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 01/23/2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/15/2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/16/2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/27/2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/28/2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/16/2024 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |