Carrier profile · USDOT 1848667 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ESTES LEASING LLC

135 power unitsavg 4.3 yrMulti-region · 11 statesRICHMOND, VA80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 55.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

62.5% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 48.8 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 135-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
135
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 43 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 58 total · 15 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20256006
202410038
20233013
2022100410
20212002
20206036
20194013
20182002
20142002
20121011
20114034
20101001
20092022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026MD00Yes
Apr 21, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 10, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 17, 2026MD01Yes
Jan 17, 2026PA00Yes
Oct 13, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 25, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 14, 2025NJ00Yes
Mar 25, 2025FL00Yes
Mar 7, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 31, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 12, 2024FL01No
Nov 7, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 30, 2024OH00Yes
Aug 28, 2024FL01No
Aug 5, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 19, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 3, 2024MA00Yes
Apr 30, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 21, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 20, 2024NJ00Yes
Sep 23, 2023MD00Yes
Aug 22, 2023VA00Yes
Jan 11, 2023FL03Yes
Dec 9, 2022SC01Yes