Carrier profile · USDOT 1277957 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

F & L CONSTRUCTION INC

15 power unitsavg 6.6 yrLocal · 2 statesWASHINGTON, DC80/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksfalcinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 57.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

83.3% · 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 47.2 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 5

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
98%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance67 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 53 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241011
20232012
20211011
20202011
20193013
20151001
20122012
20111001
20081010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2025MD00Yes
Jan 31, 2025MD00Yes
Mar 1, 2024MD02Yes
Nov 3, 2023MD01Yes
Mar 15, 2023VA00Yes
Jun 22, 2021DC01Yes
Dec 30, 2020MD01No
Dec 22, 2020MD00Yes
Oct 7, 2019DC00Yes
Jul 20, 2019MD00Yes
Jul 9, 2019MD02Yes
Aug 7, 2015DC00Yes
Sep 28, 2012MD00Yes
Apr 18, 2012MD01Yes
Aug 8, 2011VA00Yes
Jun 28, 2008VA01No