Pyles Trucking 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
24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 3
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
- 22
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 25
- Annualized
- ≈13 / 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 Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.51 Brake warning devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 24, 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· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2024 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2017 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 7, 2017 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2016 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2016 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2008 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2008 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2005 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 7, 2004 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 5, 2003 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 1999 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 1997 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 1995 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 1994 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 1994 | IL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 12, 1993 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |