First Choice Transport LLC
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
120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 11
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
- 35
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 124
- Annualized
- ≈62 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.8 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 75 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2022 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 23, 2019 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2019 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2019 | TX | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2019 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2018 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2018 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2017 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2017 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2016 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |