MILK RIVER 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
36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 4
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
- 42
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 39
- Annualized
- ≈20 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 59 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 17 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 27, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2025 | LA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 4, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 31, 2022 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2022 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2020 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2019 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2019 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2018 | NE | 0 | 2 | Yes |