Phoenix Corporation
DBA PHOENIX METALS 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
197 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14
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
- 226
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 203
- Annualized
- ≈102 / 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 Driving87 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 6 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 24 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 13, 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.
Crash history· 55 total · 10 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2026 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2025 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2025 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 7, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2024 | OH | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2024 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 15, 2024 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2024 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2024 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2023 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 26, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2023 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2023 | TN | 1 | 1 | No |
| Aug 3, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2022 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |