Staples Contract and Commercial LLC
DBA STAPLES
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
341 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 31
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
- 1,094
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 348
- Annualized
- ≈174 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving106 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 11 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving19 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness11 · 3 OOS
- 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 376.11 Other violationOther5 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 214 total · 16 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2022 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 11 | |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2010 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2026 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2025 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2025 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2025 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2025 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2025 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2025 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2024 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2024 | NH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2024 | SC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2024 | OK | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 28, 2024 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2024 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 12, 2024 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2024 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2024 | TX | 1 | 0 | No |
| Feb 5, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 15, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |