Champion Trucking Co 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
49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 6
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
- 64
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 50
- Annualized
- ≈25 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 2 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 79 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 71 total · 10 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2025 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 9, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 17, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2023 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2021 | KY | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2020 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |