North Coast Electric Company
DBA NORTH COAST A SONEPAR COMPANY
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
40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 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
- 109
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 41
- Annualized
- ≈21 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 30, 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.
Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 7, 2024 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2023 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2023 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2021 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2020 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2018 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2017 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 1998 | ID | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 12, 1991 | OR | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 16, 1990 | OR | 0 | 0 | No |