Carrier profile · USDOT 302888 · MC-783149 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Leslie Equipment Company

29 power unitsavg 4.4 yrMulti-region · 11 statesCOWEN, WV82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-783149 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 11.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 59 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.4% · 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 6.5 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

58 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 5

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 29-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
59
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
4%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 2 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20231101
20192002
20171001
20132012
20111001
20041001
20021011
20001111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 22, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 7, 2025WV00Yes
Jan 13, 2023WV10Yes
Dec 6, 2019OH00Yes
Jan 17, 2019OH00Yes
Jul 19, 2017WV00Yes
Sep 12, 2013WV00Yes
Feb 12, 2013WV01Yes
May 5, 2011KY00Yes
Dec 13, 2004WV00Yes
Oct 14, 2002VA01Yes
May 4, 2000WV11Yes