City of Fresno
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
24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 20
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
- 210
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 24
- Annualized
- ≈12 / 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.
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 86 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 107 total · 40 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 30 | 1 | 15 | 30 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2026 | CA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 3, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2026 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2026 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2026 | CA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2025 | CA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Oct 25, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2025 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 16, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 12, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2025 | CA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Mar 22, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |