BLS Trucking 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
352 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 25
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
- 345
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 364
- Annualized
- ≈182 / 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 Driving124 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance84 · 17 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 47 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 14 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 2, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 225 total · 13 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 20 | 0 | 9 | 20 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| 2016 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2025 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 8, 2025 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2024 | FL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2024 | GA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 3, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2024 | NC | 0 | 2 | No |
| Mar 6, 2024 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2024 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2024 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2023 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |