Forrester Joseph Trucking Inc
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
43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8
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
- 13
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 45
- Annualized
- ≈23 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.7 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 Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.82 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.19 Unified registration / MCS-150Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 79 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 32 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2022 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2020 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2017 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2017 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2017 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 7, 2015 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2014 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2013 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2012 | KY | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2009 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2007 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2006 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2005 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 20, 2005 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 3, 2004 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 22, 2002 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2002 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2001 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2000 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2000 | KY | 0 | 3 | Yes |