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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
91 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 9
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
- 124
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 93
- Annualized
- ≈47 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 1, 2025. 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.
Crash history· 110 total · 9 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 11, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 27, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2022 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 1, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2021 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 19, 2021 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2020 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2020 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |