GOETTSCH DISPATCH 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
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 3
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
- 16
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 20
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 31 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 9 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2025 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 21, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2019 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2016 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2016 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2015 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |