CIRCLE S RANCH 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
30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4
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
- 85
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 32
- Annualized
- ≈16 / 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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 57 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 120 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2024 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 1, 2024 | NC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 1, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 29, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2023 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 12, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2023 | SC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 4, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2022 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 16, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 18, 2021 | SC | 3 | 2 | Yes |