NICHOLAS & CO 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
95 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 15
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
- 148
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 97
- Annualized
- ≈49 / 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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. 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· 78 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2026 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2026 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2026 | ID | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2025 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2024 | UT | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2024 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2023 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2023 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2022 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2022 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 6, 2022 | NV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2022 | ID | 0 | 7 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2022 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2021 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2020 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 24, 2020 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 27, 2019 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2019 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2019 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 31, 2019 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2019 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2018 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2018 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2018 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |