ERGON TRUCKING INC 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

Vehicle OOS 5.1% (24-mo)389 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0% (24-mo)505 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

6.0% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 2.3 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 499-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
499
Inspections · 24 mo
505
Annualized
253 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
15%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving79
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance45 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/10/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 268 total · 27 in 24 mo

268
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
116
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268038
2025140313
2024130712
2023140913
202210048
2021170915
2020151413
2019130712
201811159
2017141614
201611048
20159059
2014111410
20136006
20128067
20118038
20104013
20098138
20085025
200710149
20066015
20057046
20043013
20033022
20024134
20016035
20006025
19993113
19982002
19972012
19964034
19954014
19943003
19935045
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
06/25/2026LA01Yes
05/10/2026IN01Yes
04/02/2026AL00Yes
02/28/2026OH00Yes
02/23/2026OH00Yes
02/16/2026LA01Yes
01/26/2026IL00Yes
01/12/2026KY00Yes
12/10/2025GA00Yes
11/28/2025TX00Yes
10/06/2025MN00Yes
09/12/2025AL01No
07/09/2025MS00Yes
07/07/2025IN00Yes
06/25/2025OH00Yes
04/27/2025VA01Yes
04/21/2025OH00Yes
03/24/2025IN01Yes
03/24/2025MS00Yes
02/18/2025AR00Yes
01/21/2025OH00Yes
01/18/2025OH00Yes
11/19/2024MS01Yes
11/18/2024MS01No
11/09/2024NC00Yes