Carrier profile · USDOT 728630 · MC-333604 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Faf LLC

DBA FAF

1,729 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 46 statesGROVEPORT, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-333604 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 19.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,081 vehicle and 1,907 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

21.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

1,824 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 98

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,729-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,729
Inspections · 24 mo
1,908
Annualized
≈954 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving660 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance251 · 64 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance181 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance181 · 154 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance180 · 50 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance160 · 84 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance102 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance59 · 17 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance58 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance58 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

176 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

103ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
19False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 56% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,538 total · 133 in 24 mo

1,538
Total crashes
133
In last 24 mo
60
Fatal
518
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263521433
20256911766
20247441972
20237752474
20225621854
20217132568
20207522074
20198022579
20187301272
2017124639119
2016119344119
2015103139100
20148432282
20135411553
20123831732
20114101637
20104921945
20094521643
20084352138
2007251924
20063121329
20053621134
2004151614
20032711323
20022501125
20012741127
20002721325
1999130812
19982012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 10, 2026NJ00Yes
Aug 1, 2026IN00Yes
Jul 29, 2026NE11Yes
Jul 23, 2026WI01Yes
Jul 16, 2026OR00Yes
Jun 16, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 7, 2026MS05Yes
Jun 5, 2026NM02Yes
Jun 5, 2026IL01Yes
May 24, 2026IN00Yes
May 23, 2026MO00Yes
May 7, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 28, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 27, 2026AZ03Yes
Apr 23, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 10, 2026CO00Yes
Apr 7, 2026NM02Yes
Apr 2, 2026TN01Yes
Mar 30, 2026TX01No
Mar 12, 2026WY00Yes
Mar 5, 2026AR00Yes
Mar 4, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 4, 2026LA01Yes
Feb 11, 2026GA01Yes