RELIANCE INC
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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
155 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 12
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
- 114
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 171
- Annualized
- ≈86 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.8 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 Driving34 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 22 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 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 — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 128 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2022 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2021 | WA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| May 27, 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2020 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2020 | CA | 0 | 2 | No |
| Feb 14, 2020 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2019 | CA | 0 | 11 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2019 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 16, 2019 | UT | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 24, 2019 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2019 | WY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 6, 2019 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 31, 2018 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2018 | TX | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2018 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2017 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2017 | UT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 9, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |