Birchwood Transport 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
35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '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
- 34
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 36
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 95 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2023 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2020 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2020 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 12, 2019 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 11, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2019 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2017 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2017 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2016 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2016 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2016 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2015 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2015 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2015 | WI | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 25, 2015 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |