Rod Clarke 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
33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6
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
- 33
- Annualized
- ≈17 / 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.
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 17, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2025 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2020 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2018 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2016 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2016 | MT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2010 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2007 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2007 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2007 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2005 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2002 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2001 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2000 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 27, 2000 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2000 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 2, 1998 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 1997 | OR | 0 | 2 | Yes |