Carrier profile · USDOT 464273 · MC-267510 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Loffredo Gardens Inc

DBA LOFFREDO FRESH FOODS

78 power unitsavg 5.5 yrRegional · 7 statesDES MOINES, IA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-267510 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksloffredo.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 12.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.1% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

85 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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 78-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
78
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
48%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 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.

4ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 70 total · 3 in 24 mo

70
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20241001
20236016
20225015
20214024
20193013
20184024
20173032
20163003
20142012
20132022
20124014
20112012
20093012
20082002
20073003
20062012
20053022
20043023
20031001
20022011
20004014
19991001
19982021
19971010
19962021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026WI01Yes
Dec 19, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 18, 2024KS00Yes
Dec 20, 2023IA01Yes
Nov 22, 2023WI00Yes
Oct 31, 2023MN00Yes
Jul 5, 2023WI00Yes
Mar 6, 2023KS00Yes
Feb 7, 2023IA00Yes
Sep 26, 2022IA00Yes
Aug 24, 2022IA00Yes
Apr 29, 2022IA01Yes
Feb 17, 2022KS00Yes
Feb 10, 2022IA00Yes
Sep 14, 2021IA01Yes
Jul 22, 2021IA01Yes
Jun 25, 2021IA00Yes
Jan 11, 2021IA00Yes
Aug 2, 2019IA00Yes
Feb 6, 2019MO01Yes
Jan 17, 2019KS00Yes
Sep 3, 2018IA02Yes
Jun 2, 2018WI02Yes
Feb 12, 2018NE00Yes
Jan 5, 2018NE00Yes