Cintas Corporation No 2
DBA CINTAS
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
1,254 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 71
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
- 6,341
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 1,282
- Annualized
- ≈641 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving323 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance92 · 7 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving50 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 36 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 571 total · 72 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 38 | |
| 2024 | 52 | 3 | 17 | 47 | |
| 2023 | 38 | 2 | 13 | 36 | |
| 2022 | 45 | 4 | 16 | 42 | |
| 2021 | 47 | 0 | 16 | 46 | |
| 2020 | 41 | 2 | 13 | 41 | |
| 2019 | 39 | 0 | 14 | 37 | |
| 2018 | 45 | 1 | 17 | 41 | |
| 2017 | 26 | 0 | 10 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 29 | 1 | 11 | 28 | |
| 2015 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 22 | |
| 2014 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 18 | 0 | 8 | 17 | |
| 2008 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 22 | |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 11 | |
| 2005 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2026 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2026 | DC | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 7, 2026 | AL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2026 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2026 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2026 | MN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 3, 2026 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2026 | MN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2026 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2026 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2026 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2026 | NY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2026 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2025 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2025 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |