TRIANGLE GRADING AND PAVING INC
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
108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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
- 83
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 120
- Annualized
- ≈60 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Maintenance18 · 16 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 206 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 55 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 17, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2019 | NC | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2019 | NC | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2019 | NC | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| May 23, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2019 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2019 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2018 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 16, 2018 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 10, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2017 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2017 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2016 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 13, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 29, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2015 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2015 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |