Northern Refrigerated Transportation 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
250 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 25
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
- 202
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 255
- Annualized
- ≈128 / 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 Driving79 · 4 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 7 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness9 · 8 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 132 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2026 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2025 | CA | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2024 | CA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2024 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 5, 2023 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2023 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 26, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 10, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2022 | WA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Aug 29, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 11, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |