LYONS TRANSPORTATION 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
66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 8
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
- 27
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 72
- Annualized
- ≈36 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.71 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 28 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2025 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2024 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2022 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2013 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2012 | CA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 28, 2008 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2006 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 25, 2006 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2006 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2005 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2005 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2004 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2004 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 6, 2004 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2003 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2002 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2000 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2000 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2000 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2000 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 1999 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |