IMPERIAL LLC
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
31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 4
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
- 165
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 34
- Annualized
- ≈17 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 29 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 2025 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2025 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2024 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2023 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2023 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2023 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2023 | OK | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 13, 2023 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2022 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2021 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2019 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2019 | OK | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| May 20, 2019 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2018 | OK | 0 | 2 | No |
| May 1, 2018 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2017 | OK | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2016 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 17, 2016 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2016 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2015 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2015 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |