Chief Carriers 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
167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 14
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
- 70
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 177
- Annualized
- ≈89 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 15 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 104 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2024 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2023 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2023 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2023 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2022 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2022 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2021 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2021 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2019 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |