Nicholas Trucking 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
30 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
- 40
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 31
- Annualized
- ≈16 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 46 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 109 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 7 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1994 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
| 1993 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 22, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2023 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 28, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 30, 2021 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2020 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2019 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2018 | PA | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2018 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2017 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jun 22, 2017 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2017 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2017 | PA | 0 | 5 | No |
| Dec 6, 2016 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |