PAT FRUTH 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
147 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 11
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
- 45
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 157
- Annualized
- ≈79 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.7 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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
78 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 43 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 2025 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2023 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2023 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2022 | MN | 3 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2021 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2021 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2021 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2021 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2020 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2019 | AR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2019 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2019 | SD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2018 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2018 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2017 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2017 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2016 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2016 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2015 | MN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2014 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2014 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2014 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |