Friend Freightways 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 Jun '25 · 6
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
- 25
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 45
- Annualized
- ≈23 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 395.26 ELD — required data elementsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 65 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2025 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2025 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2023 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2021 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2020 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2020 | NE | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2020 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2020 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2019 | NV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2019 | NE | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2019 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2019 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2019 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2017 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2017 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2017 | MO | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2017 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2017 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2016 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2016 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2015 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |