L & L Cartage Services 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
3 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1
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
- 20
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 4
- Annualized
- ≈2 / 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 8 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 29 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 2026 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2025 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2023 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2023 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2022 | IN | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2021 | IN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2021 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2018 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 14, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2017 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2017 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2013 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2012 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2011 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2010 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2009 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2009 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2009 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2008 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2007 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2006 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2006 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |