Clements Foods Co
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
15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2
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
- 11
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 15
- Annualized
- ≈8 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.34 ELD — malfunction proceduresHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 31 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2018 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2012 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2012 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2012 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2010 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2008 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2006 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2006 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2005 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2002 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2001 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2001 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2001 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2000 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 1999 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 1998 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 1997 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 1996 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 1996 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 3, 1996 | OK | 0 | 1 | No |