Carrier profile · USDOT 215867 · MC-203893 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

French Trucking Inc

82 power unitsavg 8.5 yrNational · 29 statesLEXINGTON, TN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-203893 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 34.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 91 vehicle and 238 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · 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 24.7 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

234 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 18

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
1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 82-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
82
Inspections · 24 mo
238
Annualized
119 / yr
Coverage
1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

64 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
6False logs
13Drove over hours

16 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 113 total · 10 in 24 mo

113
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256116
20244013
20233013
20228118
20213013
20205035
20194023
20184114
20177046
20165015
20153023
20142012
20134024
20128118
20111001
20105005
20093013
20085015
20073013
20062012
20057147
20043033
20036026
20022002
20014023
20001001
19992122
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 4, 2026MO00Yes
Nov 18, 2025WY00Yes
Oct 27, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 31, 2025IL03Yes
Jun 10, 2025AL10Yes
May 23, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 23, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 13, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 20, 2024AL01No
Mar 9, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 22, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 1, 2023AR00Yes
Apr 4, 2023TN01Yes
Feb 6, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 14, 2022AZ00Yes
Oct 17, 2022AL00Yes
Sep 2, 2022KY00Yes
Aug 27, 2022AR00Yes
Aug 7, 2022TN00Yes
Jun 3, 2022TN11Yes
Apr 17, 2022MO00Yes
Apr 11, 2022TN00Yes
Dec 18, 2021AR01Yes
Oct 12, 2021WY00Yes