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Trucking company safety records compared
Before you sign on with a carrier, check how its trucks and drivers do at roadside inspections. Here are the official federal numbers for 29 trucking companies on DriveForMoney, side by side.
The short version: the national average vehicle out-of-service rate is 22.26% and the driver rate is 6.67%. Among the carriers below, Walmart Private Fleet, Old Dominion Freight Line, Prime Inc. had the lowest vehicle out-of-service rates. A rate well above average can mean older or poorly maintained equipment, which is your problem when you are the one driving it.
Freight carriers, lowest vehicle out-of-service rate first
| Company | Trucks | Drivers | Vehicle OOS | Driver OOS | Crashes (24 mo) | Crashes per 100 trucks/yr | USDOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walmart Private Fleet | 13,618 | 16,466 | 3.5% | 0.2% | 819 | 3.0 | 63585 |
| Old Dominion Freight Line | 10,313 | 10,341 | 8.1% | 0.6% | 551 | 2.7 | 90849 |
| Prime Inc. | 7,919 | 9,070 | 9.1% | 0.9% | 777 | 4.9 | 3706 |
| FedEx Freight | 17,633 | 18,539 | 9.3% | 0.5% | 605 | 1.7 | 239039 |
| Maverick Transportation | 1,640 | 1,702 | 9.7% | 0.4% | 175 | 5.3 | 178538 |
| ABF Freight (ArcBest) | 4,604 | 6,667 | 11.7% | 0.8% | 342 | 3.7 | 82866 |
| XPO | 10,104 | 13,358 | 12.6% | 0.7% | 622 | 3.1 | 241829 |
| Penske Logistics | 6,237 | 8,248 | 13.0% | 1.0% | 448 | 3.6 | 268015 |
| Marten Transport | 3,794 | 2,660 | 13.9% | 0.4% | 203 | 2.7 | 74432 |
| Saia | 7,428 | 7,315 | 14.5% | 0.8% | 394 | 2.7 | 29124 |
| Ryder | 4,471 | 6,210 | 15.2% | 0.8% | 227 | 2.5 | 299073 |
| C.R. England | 3,807 | 4,338 | 16.1% | 0.7% | 265 | 3.5 | 28406 |
| Estes Express Lines | 9,805 | 8,821 | 16.2% | 0.9% | 596 | 3.0 | 121018 |
| TForce Freight | 4,155 | 4,379 | 16.7% | 1.1% | 186 | 2.2 | 121058 |
| TMC Transportation | 3,595 | 3,272 | 17.2% | 0.6% | 324 | 4.5 | 87409 |
| Roehl Transport | 2,128 | 2,201 | 17.5% | 0.4% | 140 | 3.3 | 74481 |
| Crete Carrier | 5,257 | 4,975 | 17.7% | 0.5% | 426 | 4.1 | 73705 |
| Schneider National | 9,866 | 11,335 | 18.1% | 0.6% | 702 | 3.6 | 264184 |
| Landstar (Owner-Operator) | 10,468 | 5,771 | 18.8% | 0.8% | 302 | 1.4 | 241572 |
| Swift Transportation | 12,940 | 12,883 | 19.3% | 1.0% | 800 | 3.1 | 54283 |
| Averitt Express | 4,150 | 4,293 | 19.7% | 0.7% | 244 | 2.9 | 36684 |
| Werner Enterprises | 9,863 | 9,107 | 20.0% | 1.0% | 706 | 3.6 | 53467 |
| Stevens Transport | 2,200 | 2,574 | 21.6% | 1.2% | 170 | 3.9 | 79466 |
| J.B. Hunt | 25,280 | 24,116 | 22.4% | 0.8% | 1,536 | 3.0 | 80806 |
| CRST | 4,362 | 4,082 | 22.6% | 0.8% | 189 | 2.2 | 53773 |
| Hirschbach Motor Lines | 2,948 | 2,556 | 23.5% | 0.9% | 203 | 3.4 | 65769 |
| K&B Transportation | 729 | 729 | 30.8% | 0.3% | 69 | 4.7 | 320526 |
Package and passenger carriers
These fleets do different work, so compare them with similar companies rather than with truckload carriers.
| Company | Trucks | Drivers | Vehicle OOS | Driver OOS | Crashes (24 mo) | Crashes per 100 trucks/yr | USDOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greyhound & Motorcoach | 702 | 1,076 | 7.2% | 1.3% | 65 | 4.6 | 44110 |
| UPS Package Driver | 112,321 | 128,806 | 13.2% | 1.1% | 2,218 | 1.0 | 21800 |
What these numbers mean
- Vehicle out-of-service (OOS) rate: the share of roadside vehicle inspections where the truck was ordered off the road until a defect (brakes, tires, lights) was fixed. Lower is better.
- Driver out-of-service rate: the share of driver inspections where the driver was taken off duty, usually for hours-of-service, license or medical-card problems.
- Crashes: every reportable crash in the last 24 months (fatal, injury or tow-away), whether or not the carrier’s driver was at fault. Bigger fleets drive more miles, so we also show crashes per 100 trucks per year. That is our own calculation, not an FMCSA score.
- Not a safety rating: FMCSA’s official safety ratings come from on-site audits, and for many large carriers the last one is years old. Use these numbers as one input, along with what current drivers tell you.
How to look up any carrier
- Find the USDOT number on the job ad, the truck door or the company’s website.
- Open FMCSA’s SAFER Company Snapshot at safer.fmcsa.dot.gov and search by USDOT number or name.
- Compare the out-of-service rates with the national averages shown on the same page, and check the crash count against the fleet size.
- Ask the recruiter how old the trucks are, how maintenance works and what happens if you are put out of service on the road.
Source: FMCSA SAFER Company Snapshots, data current to 09/05/2026 through 11/06/2026. Each carrier is listed under its main USDOT number; some companies operate more than one. Shaffer Trucking runs under Crete Carrier’s USDOT number and is included in Crete’s row.
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