Vistar Transportation LLC
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
525 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 34
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
- 995
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 539
- Annualized
- ≈270 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving140 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance63 · 55 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 6 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 6 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
11 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 175 total · 27 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 21 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 12 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2026 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2026 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2026 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2026 | AL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2026 | NY | 0 | 3 | No |
| Mar 10, 2026 | NY | 0 | 4 | No |
| Jan 27, 2026 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2026 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 5, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 15, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2025 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 6, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2025 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 23, 2024 | MN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |