Lotz Trucking Inc
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
41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 6
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
- 70
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 41
- Annualized
- ≈21 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 76 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2025 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 25, 2025 | OH | 0 | 4 | No |
| Mar 27, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2022 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2022 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2021 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 28, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 31, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2018 | MD | 0 | 3 | No |
| Oct 22, 2018 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2017 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |