CERTCO 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
17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 3
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
- 46
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 18
- Annualized
- ≈9 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 15, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 53 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2026 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2023 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2022 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2021 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2020 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 3, 2019 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2018 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2018 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2018 | WI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2017 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2017 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2017 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2016 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2015 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2014 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2013 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |