Carrier profile · USDOT 266975 · MC-417676 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

VALLEY GROUP INC

32 power unitsavg 9.8 yrMulti-region · 9 statesFISHERSVILLE, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-417676 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksvalleygroup.netFMCSA 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 10.5%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 — 19 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 18.2 pts 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 6

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20241001
20221001
20211001
20202102
20191011
20171001
20161011
20121001
20112012
20081001
20051101
19992022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 23, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 28, 2024VA00Yes
Feb 11, 2022VA00Yes
Mar 11, 2021VA00Yes
Nov 20, 2020VA10Yes
Feb 17, 2020PA00Yes
Nov 11, 2019WV01Yes
Dec 16, 2017OH00Yes
Oct 21, 2016SC01Yes
Sep 10, 2012WV00Yes
Apr 12, 2011VA01Yes
Mar 31, 2011VA00Yes
May 27, 2008VA00Yes
Oct 27, 2005VA10Yes
Dec 10, 1999VA01Yes
Nov 5, 1999VA01Yes