Flowers Baking Co of Ohio 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
40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4
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
- 94
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 41
- Annualized
- ≈21 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 2 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 55 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 15 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2026 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2025 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 5, 2025 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2023 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2018 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 20, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2016 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |