CRYSTAL FREIGHT SYSTEMS LLC
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
18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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
- 33
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 19
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Dec 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2025 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2023 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2018 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2017 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2015 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2015 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2015 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2014 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 27, 2014 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2011 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |