Bridgestone Americas Fleet Operations LLC
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
5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2
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
- 87
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 5
- Annualized
- ≈3 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 7 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 250 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 14 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 22 | |
| 2015 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 12 | |
| 2013 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 15 | |
| 2010 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 16 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2004 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 10 | |
| 2002 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 16, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2022 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2021 | TN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2021 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2021 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2020 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2020 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2020 | OK | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2019 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2019 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2019 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2019 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2019 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 26, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2018 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2018 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |