VALCOM INC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
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
- 42
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 133
- Annualized
- ≈67 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving79 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 10 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 8 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance19
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 01/26/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 20 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/27/2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/21/2025 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/30/2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/30/2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/12/2024 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/11/2024 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/16/2024 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/30/2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/19/2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/09/2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/18/2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/06/2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/08/2020 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/27/2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/23/2018 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/18/2018 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/05/2017 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/19/2017 | WA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/27/2014 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/04/2013 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |