Carrier profile · USDOT 872862 · MC-362790 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lad Truck Lines Inc

85 power unitsavg 5.8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesWATKINSVILLE, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-362790 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksladtrucklines.comFMCSA SAFER

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 18.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

16.7% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 13.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 8

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 85-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

62 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

46ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
6False logs
2Drove over hours

20 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 71 total · 9 in 24 mo

71
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20255025
20244014
20234004
20222022
20212002
20204013
20192021
20183003
20174134
20162012
20156046
20144004
20134014
20121011
20112012
20102012
20082112
20071001
20056025
20044004
20022021
20012012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026GA01Yes
May 14, 2026NC02Yes
May 7, 2026FL00Yes
Dec 19, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 13, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 25, 2025LA01Yes
Jul 15, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 16, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 27, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 17, 2024FL00Yes
Mar 21, 2024GA00Yes
Feb 27, 2024GA02Yes
Nov 8, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 29, 2023GA00Yes
Mar 22, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 3, 2023GA00Yes
Aug 26, 2022SC01Yes
Jan 12, 2022AL01Yes
Dec 15, 2021GA00Yes
Nov 19, 2021GA00Yes
Jul 30, 2020GA01No
Apr 20, 2020GA00Yes
Mar 6, 2020TN00Yes
Jan 5, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 29, 2019GA01No