East County Transport 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
13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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
- 18
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 13
- Annualized
- ≈7 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 28 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 31 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2024 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2024 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2023 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2022 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2020 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2019 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2018 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2018 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2015 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2015 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2013 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 31, 2012 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2011 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 6, 2010 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2009 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2008 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2006 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2005 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2004 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2003 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2003 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2003 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |