Frontier Tank Lines 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
364 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 24
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
- 134
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 380
- Annualized
- ≈190 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 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 Driving51 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance49 · 15 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 31 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance38 · 10 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 90 total · 11 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2026 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 9, 2025 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2025 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2024 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 15, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2024 | GA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2024 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 24, 2023 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 3, 2023 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2022 | IN | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |