Carrier profile · USDOT 596451 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

First Piedmont Corporation

130 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 3 statesCHATHAM, VA74/100
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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 4.1 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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 130-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
130
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 55 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 48 total · 5 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253023
20242002
20235134
20222002
20212102
20202022
20192002
20185044
20171001
20164034
20141001
20133013
20122022
20113012
20102002
20091001
20062002
20051011
20041001
19981011
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 8, 2026NC00Yes
Nov 5, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 24, 2025VA01Yes
Apr 15, 2025NC01Yes
Apr 3, 2024VA00Yes
Feb 16, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 27, 2023VA02Yes
Nov 1, 2023NC00Yes
Oct 20, 2023VA01Yes
Aug 15, 2023VA01No
Apr 7, 2023VA10Yes
Nov 18, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 3, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 22, 2021VA10Yes
Aug 31, 2021VA00Yes
Aug 3, 2020NC01Yes
May 14, 2020NC02Yes
Feb 8, 2019NC00Yes
Jan 21, 2019VA00Yes
Oct 22, 2018NC01Yes
Sep 10, 2018VA00Yes
Aug 29, 2018VA01No
Aug 24, 2018NC02Yes
Aug 16, 2018NC01Yes