Carrier profile · USDOT 3573745 · MC-1204692 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Falcon Transportation LLC

26 power unitsavg 8.8 yrNational · 16 statesCHARLOTTE, NC51/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1204692 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 43 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 38.5 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 10

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 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
43
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
80%
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 Driving43 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance38 · 18 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

74 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
12No log / no ELD
19False logs
5Drove over hours

10 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 8 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20248138
20234024
20226026
20211011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 15, 2025VA02Yes
Feb 11, 2025WV00Yes
Jan 14, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 6, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 29, 2024KY10Yes
Oct 29, 2024TN01Yes
Sep 27, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 25, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 15, 2024MS00Yes
May 28, 2024GA01Yes
Apr 18, 2024TN01Yes
Nov 11, 2023PA01Yes
Sep 14, 2023IA01Yes
Mar 7, 2023TN00Yes
Feb 15, 2023CO00Yes
Jun 12, 2022FL01Yes
Mar 23, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 16, 2022PA02Yes
Feb 25, 2022TN00Yes
Jan 19, 2022DE00Yes
Jan 6, 2022TN00Yes
Sep 25, 2021GA02Yes