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FLAT RIDGE INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 33.3% (24-mo)24 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 5.6% (24-mo)36 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%

030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

20.0% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 3.7 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 24
Inspections · 24 mo: 36
Annualized: ≈18 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

65%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

49%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

24%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

89%

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 Driving48 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 10/03/2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 38 total · 4 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	3	0	1	3
2024	2	0	1	2
2023	5	0	4	5
2021	5	0	1	4
2020	3	0	2	3
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	0	2
2016	3	0	1	3
2015	1	1	1	1
2014	2	0	1	2
2013	2	0	2	2
2011	1	0	0	1
2007	2	0	0	2
2006	1	0	1	1
2004	1	0	1	1
2002	1	0	0	1
2000	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
04/01/2026	KY	0	Yes
12/01/2025	IN	0	Yes
07/07/2025	IN	0	Yes
06/02/2025	KY	1	Yes
07/12/2024	KY	1	Yes
06/27/2024	IN	0	Yes
12/19/2023	TN	2	Yes
10/31/2023	TN	1	Yes
10/11/2023	MO	2	Yes
01/24/2023	KY	1	Yes
01/19/2023	MO	0	Yes
10/12/2021	IN	0	Yes
10/10/2021	IL	0	Yes
07/22/2021	KY	0	Yes
07/15/2021	IN	0	Yes
02/09/2021	KY	1	No
06/10/2020	KY	2	Yes
02/13/2020	IN	0	Yes
01/23/2020	TX	1	Yes
09/18/2019	KY	0	Yes
05/01/2018	IN	0	Yes
12/29/2017	IN	0	Yes
02/17/2017	KY	0	Yes
11/16/2016	KY	0	Yes
11/16/2016	IN	1	Yes