Zimmerman Truck Lines Inc
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
80 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8
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
- 87
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 82
- Annualized
- ≈41 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 247 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 11 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 12 | |
| 2006 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2003 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 9 | |
| 2001 | 12 | 0 | 8 | 9 | |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 15 | |
| 1999 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 11 | |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 9 | |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2026 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2023 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 5, 2023 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2022 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2022 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2020 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2020 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2019 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2019 | PA | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2019 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2019 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 9, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2018 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |