Carrier profile · USDOT 508348 · MC-256026 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Blizzard Trucking LLC

13 power unitsavg 9.8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesROCKINGHAM, VA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-256026 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 54.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

80.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 78.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 24 total · 5 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253023
20242012
20231001
20221001
20211001
20182012
20172012
20162012
20141001
20131001
20121111
20111001
19972012
19961011
19951001
19931101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2026TN01Yes
Nov 16, 2025VA01Yes
Aug 15, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 10, 2025VA01Yes
Aug 15, 2024AL00Yes
Feb 29, 2024AR01Yes
May 24, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 4, 2022TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 24, 2018PA02Yes
Jul 12, 2018NJ00Yes
Dec 9, 2017VA01Yes
May 12, 2017MS00Yes
Jun 24, 2016VA01Yes
Feb 18, 2016VA00Yes
Mar 31, 2014SC00Yes
Feb 23, 2013FL00Yes
Mar 1, 2012AL11Yes
Nov 8, 2011PA00Yes
Mar 31, 1997TX05Yes
Feb 8, 1997AR00Yes
Sep 16, 1996TX01Yes
Jun 13, 1995TX00Yes
Oct 11, 1993TX10Yes