CLOSE CALL CHARTERS LLC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
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
- 5
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 8
- Annualized
- ≈4 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance2
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 4 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/17/2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/11/2015 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 05/30/2010 | NC | 0 | 11 | Yes |
| 09/23/2002 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |