Farmers Cooperative
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
23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3
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
- 239
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 24
- Annualized
- ≈12 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 49 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 47 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2025 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2024 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2024 | NE | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2023 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2023 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 16, 2023 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2023 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2022 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2021 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2021 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2021 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2021 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 16, 2021 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2020 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2019 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2018 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2018 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2017 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2017 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2016 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2016 | NE | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2016 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2015 | NE | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2015 | NE | 0 | 2 | Yes |