Cintas Corporation No 3
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
438 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 30
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
- 1,307
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 450
- Annualized
- ≈225 / 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 Driving77 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 5 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 22, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 111 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2020 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2026 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2025 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2024 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2024 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 22, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 21, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2024 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2023 | ME | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2023 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2023 | ME | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2023 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |