The Salvation Army An Illinois Corporation
DBA THE SALVATION ARMY
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
15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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
- 249
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 15
- Annualized
- ≈8 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 32 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 77 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 10, 2025 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2025 | MN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 19, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 12, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 20, 2021 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2018 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2018 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2018 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2018 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2017 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2017 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2017 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2017 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2017 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2017 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2016 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2016 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2016 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2016 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2016 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |