Carrier profile · USDOT 920222 · MC-397709 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

LEONARD'S EXPRESS INC

599 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 43 statesFARMINGTON, NY88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-397709 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 19.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 369 vehicle and 830 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 1.6 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

801 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 47

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 599-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
599
Inspections · 24 mo
830
Annualized
≈415 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving363 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance93 · 78 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance71 · 26 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance63 · 17 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 16 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

81 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

56ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
4False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 66% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 372 total · 42 in 24 mo

372
Total crashes
42
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
137
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261511010
2025231723
2024171617
2023290929
2022170516
2021210621
2020180716
2019232623
20182511024
2017190619
20161901019
2015280828
2014220621
2013100410
2012120312
20118046
2010171815
2009140613
20086035
20075125
20064114
20058047
20044034
20035034
20023003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 3, 2026UT03No
May 28, 2026NJ01Yes
May 20, 2026PA01No
Apr 24, 2026IN01Yes
Apr 9, 2026CO00Yes
Apr 8, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 7, 2026TX10No
Apr 3, 2026MD01No
Mar 30, 2026MD00Yes
Mar 17, 2026VA01Yes
Feb 27, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 6, 2026PA02Yes
Jan 25, 2026OH02Yes
Jan 13, 2026NY01No
Jan 5, 2026DE00Yes
Dec 28, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 23, 2025FL02Yes
Dec 22, 2025CO00Yes
Dec 8, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 5, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 12, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 4, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2025IL01Yes
Nov 1, 2025MD00Yes
Oct 30, 2025DE00Yes