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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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 7
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
- 89
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 99
- Annualized
- ≈50 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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 Driving44 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 6 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 14 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. 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· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2026 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2026 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2025 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2024 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2020 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2020 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 15, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2018 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2013 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |