Nica's Freight Group 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
41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 5
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
- 39
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 43
- Annualized
- ≈22 / 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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 16 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2025 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2023 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 15, 2018 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2017 | IN | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 29, 2016 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2015 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2015 | OH | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 10, 2013 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2013 | FL | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2013 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |