Lake Trucking Company
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
86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 7
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
- 80
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 87
- Annualized
- ≈44 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 62% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 76 total · 10 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2026 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2025 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2025 | IL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 29, 2025 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2025 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 7, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2024 | FL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2024 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2023 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2021 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |