Louisville Cartage Company LLC
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
21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3
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
- 17
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 21
- Annualized
- ≈11 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 30 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 52 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2026 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2025 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2022 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2020 | KY | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2018 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2017 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2015 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2015 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2015 | KY | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2014 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2014 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2014 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2013 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2013 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2012 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2010 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2010 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2009 | KY | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2008 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2008 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 5, 2008 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |