Purple Sage Trucking LLC
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
52 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5
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
- 14
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 54
- Annualized
- ≈27 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.9 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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 11 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. 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. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 56 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 24, 2025 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2024 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2021 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 18, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2020 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2020 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2020 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 3, 2019 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2019 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2018 | ID | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2018 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2017 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2016 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2015 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2015 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2014 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2013 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2013 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2012 | ID | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2012 | OK | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| May 23, 2012 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |