Badger 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
429 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 26
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
- 1,429
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 445
- Annualized
- ≈223 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving208 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 35 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 8 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 153 total · 32 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 10 | |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2026 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2026 | PA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2026 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 20, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 13, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2026 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2026 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2026 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2026 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2025 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 8, 2025 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2025 | WI | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 27, 2025 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2025 | TN | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2025 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2025 | IL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 20, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2025 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |