VALLEY TRANSPORTATION SERVICE 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
- 195
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 604
- Annualized
- ≈302 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.5 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 Driving263
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance88 · 23 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance83 · 70 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance59 · 19 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance43
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance36 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 10 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
92 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/09/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 65% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 193 total · 20 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/22/2026 | MN | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| 04/03/2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/01/2026 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/20/2026 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/13/2026 | OH | 2 | 2 | Yes |
| 02/04/2026 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 01/22/2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/03/2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/18/2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 09/06/2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| 07/22/2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 06/04/2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/20/2025 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 02/06/2025 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/06/2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | No |
| 12/09/2024 | AL | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/04/2024 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/25/2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 09/24/2024 | CA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 08/08/2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/20/2024 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/18/2024 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 06/24/2024 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/05/2024 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/04/2024 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |