CIRCLE TRANSPORTATION 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
70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 7
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
- 75
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 71
- Annualized
- ≈36 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Maintenance32 · 7 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 12 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 17 total · 9 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2026 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2026 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2026 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2026 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2024 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 11, 2023 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 20, 2022 | KY | 0 | 4 | No |
| Sep 15, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2022 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2019 | ME | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |