Carrier profile · USDOT 1876269 · MC-677196 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Free State Trucking LLC

26 power unitsavg 17.8 yrMulti-region · 9 statesADDISON, AL94/100
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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 19.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 26.9 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

23 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242022
20233023
20221011
20212011
20203013
20194034
20181011
20172002
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 16, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 11, 2024AL04Yes
Jul 30, 2024OH01Yes
Sep 6, 2023SC00Yes
Aug 3, 2023AL02Yes
Apr 19, 2023AL01Yes
Feb 28, 2022GA01Yes
Jun 10, 2021TX02No
Feb 5, 2021SC00Yes
Jul 30, 2020AL01Yes
Jun 29, 2020AL00Yes
Feb 7, 2020TN00Yes
Oct 11, 2019AL03Yes
Jul 1, 2019TN00Yes
Apr 4, 2019SC01Yes
Feb 26, 2019AL01Yes
Jan 10, 2018AL01Yes
Jul 21, 2017AL00Yes
May 6, 2017AR00Yes
Aug 24, 2016AL01Yes