Budget Truck Rental 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
130 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 11
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
- 10,654
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 137
- Annualized
- ≈69 / 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 Driving81 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness16 · 7 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 7 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness6 · 4 OOS
- 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 2,428 total · 156 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 1 | 17 | 38 | |
| 2025 | 91 | 0 | 33 | 84 | |
| 2024 | 64 | 4 | 19 | 59 | |
| 2023 | 95 | 3 | 29 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 137 | 3 | 55 | 130 | |
| 2021 | 137 | 3 | 48 | 130 | |
| 2020 | 128 | 4 | 54 | 118 | |
| 2019 | 151 | 4 | 47 | 144 | |
| 2018 | 162 | 3 | 40 | 158 | |
| 2017 | 156 | 2 | 50 | 145 | |
| 2016 | 143 | 2 | 51 | 131 | |
| 2015 | 103 | 2 | 36 | 100 | |
| 2014 | 99 | 0 | 29 | 95 | |
| 2013 | 93 | 1 | 38 | 85 | |
| 2012 | 89 | 0 | 27 | 81 | |
| 2011 | 131 | 2 | 49 | 120 | |
| 2010 | 106 | 1 | 45 | 97 | |
| 2009 | 103 | 3 | 36 | 93 | |
| 2008 | 66 | 1 | 31 | 57 | |
| 2007 | 65 | 1 | 23 | 58 | |
| 2006 | 66 | 0 | 25 | 62 | |
| 2005 | 89 | 0 | 42 | 81 | |
| 2004 | 75 | 3 | 30 | 67 | |
| 2003 | 40 | 1 | 16 | 38 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 2 | No |
| Jun 23, 2026 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2026 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2026 | OK | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 22, 2026 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 19, 2026 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 9, 2026 | SC | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| May 4, 2026 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2026 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2026 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2026 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2026 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2026 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2026 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2026 | LA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2026 | CO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |