Garda Cl East 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
7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 2
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
- 97
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 7
- Annualized
- ≈4 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 11 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 76 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2026 | AL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| May 25, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 2, 2024 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2023 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2023 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2023 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 27, 2022 | SC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2022 | TX | 0 | 2 | No |
| Oct 5, 2022 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2022 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 27, 2021 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2021 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 4, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2020 | SC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2020 | SC | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2020 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |