Carrier profile · USDOT 171271 · MC-147300 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Valley Equipment Leasing Inc

93 power unitsavg 10.4 yrMulti-region · 13 statesDENVER, CO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147300 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksvalleyequipmentleasing.comFMCSA SAFER

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 12.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 107 vehicle and 166 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

5.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

160 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 14

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 93-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
93
Inspections · 24 mo
166
Annualized
≈83 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving63 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 2 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252102
20241101
20232102
20222002
20212102
20204014
20191001
20184114
20171001
20151011
20146006
20132012
20122002
20111001
20091001
20071001
20052002
20041001
20021001
20001011
19962012
19951011
19892010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 19, 2025CO10Yes
Mar 5, 2025CO00Yes
May 20, 2024CO10Yes
Nov 11, 2023CO00Yes
May 20, 2023CO10Yes
Jun 7, 2022CO00Yes
May 3, 2022CO00Yes
Nov 24, 2021CO00Yes
Nov 19, 2021CO10Yes
Sep 17, 2020CO00Yes
Jun 12, 2020CO01Yes
Jun 10, 2020WY00Yes
Jan 10, 2020CO00Yes
Aug 20, 2019CA00Yes
Dec 4, 2018CO10Yes
Apr 13, 2018NE00Yes
Apr 2, 2018KS01Yes
Feb 24, 2018CO00Yes
Sep 21, 2017CO00Yes
May 25, 2015NE01Yes
Dec 22, 2014CO00Yes
Dec 15, 2014CO00Yes
Jun 24, 2014CO00Yes
Mar 13, 2014CO00Yes
Feb 28, 2014CO00Yes