--- title: "Inspection & Violation Trends Analysis — April 17, 2026 | AlphaLoops Data Hub" description: "Driver OOS rate reached 7.15% in August 2025, up from 4.95% in August 2024, a year-over-year increase of 44%." lang: en json-ld: | [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "headline": "Inspection & Violation Trends Analysis — April 17, 2026", "datePublished": "2026-04-17T17:37:30.054Z", "dateModified": "2026-04-17T17:37:30.054Z", "author": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "AlphaLoops" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "AlphaLoops" }, "description": "Driver OOS rate reached 7.15% in August 2025, up from 4.95% in August 2024, a year-over-year increase of 44%.", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://runalphaloops.com/data/inspections/archive/2026-04-17" }, { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "WebSite", "name": "AlphaLoops", "url": "https://runalphaloops.com/" } ] --- [![](/lovable-uploads/AlphaLoops-Logo-2025_Black-Type_White-Background_3280x1024.png)](/) [Product](/product) [Solutions](/solutions) [ Insurance Commercial auto, MGAs, trucking insurance programs ](/solutions/insurance)[ Fleet Payments Fuel cards, expense cards, AP, driver pay ](/solutions/fleet-payments)[ TMS TMS sales, BD, and RevOps ](/solutions/tms)[ Broker Risk Fraud intelligence for brokers and 3PLs ](/solutions/broker-risk)[ Telematics Telematics, ELD, dashcam, and connected fleet sales ](/solutions/telematics) [All solutions →](/solutions) [Integrations](/integrations) [ Salesforce AppExchange managed package · push to Account, Lead, Contact ](/integrations/salesforce)[ HubSpot Managed app · push to Company and Contact with associations ](/integrations/hubspot)[ Microsoft Dynamics 365 Power Automate connector · push to Dataverse Account and Contact ](/integrations/dynamics)[ n8n Verified community node · AI agent workflows ](/integrations/n8n)[ MCP Server Hosted Model Context Protocol · Claude, Cursor, Windsurf ](/mcp) [All integrations →](/integrations) [Pricing](/pricing)[Research](https://research.runalphaloops.com)[What's New](/whats-new) [Log In](https://alphafreight.runalphaloops.com/login)[Book a Demo](/contact) 1. 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[All snapshots](/data/inspections/archive) ## Analysis · as of April 17, 2026 ### Highlights - Driver OOS rate reached 7.15% in August 2025, up from 4.95% in August 2024, a year-over-year increase of 44%. - Total inspections in the trailing 12 months reached 2,686,451, compared to 2,768,325 in the prior 12-month period. - The average driver OOS rate over the trailing 12 months was 6.6%, versus 4.9% in the prior 12-month period. - Vehicle OOS rate has held in a narrower band, averaging 15.2% trailing 12 months versus 14.6% in the prior period. - Over the full 60-month dataset, FMCSA recorded 9,476,766 inspections and 15,329,514 total violations. The most notable pattern in this dataset is the divergence between vehicle and driver out-of-service rates over the past 18 months. Vehicle OOS rates have remained relatively range-bound, averaging 15.2% in the trailing 12 months versus 14.6% in the prior 12-month period. Driver OOS rates, by contrast, have moved sharply higher: the trailing 12-month average of 6.6% compares to roughly 4.9% in the prior period, and the monthly figures tell a starker story. In April 2023, the driver OOS rate was 4.69%. By July 2025, it had risen to 7.12%, and it has remained above 6.5% in every month since April 2025. August 2025 recorded the highest driver OOS rate in the dataset at 7.15%, compared to 4.95% in August 2024. The vehicle OOS rate for those same two months was 15.40% and 15.40% respectively, essentially unchanged year-over-year, which underscores that the divergence is specific to driver compliance rather than equipment condition. The violation rate has been more stable, oscillating between roughly 53.5% and 58% throughout the period. The trailing 12-month average violation rate of 56.5% is modestly above the prior 12-month average of 55.3%, suggesting a mild upward drift rather than a structural shift. Total inspection volumes in the trailing 12 months were 2,686,451, slightly below the prior period's 2,768,325, so the higher rates are not an artifact of fewer, more targeted stops. The rise in driver OOS rates is consistent with increased enforcement activity focused on hours-of-service and driver qualification violations, though the data does not identify violation categories directly. It may also reflect labor market pressures that have drawn less-experienced drivers into active fleets, but that interpretation goes beyond what this dataset can confirm. The November 2025 observation of only 104,298 inspections appears anomalous relative to adjacent months and likely reflects partial reporting rather than a true drop in enforcement activity. Placed in a longer context, the five-year cumulative total of 15.3 million violations across 9.5 million inspections reflects a persistent structural rate of roughly 1.6 violations per inspection, which has not materially improved over the window of this data. ### Key Statistics 7.15% Driver out-of-service rate August 2025 4.95% Driver out-of-service rate August 2024 6.6% Average driver OOS rate Trailing 12 months 15.2% Average vehicle OOS rate Trailing 12 months 56.5% Average violation rate (inspections with at least one violation) Trailing 12 months 2,686,451 Total roadside inspections Trailing 12 months 4,634,526 Total violations recorded Trailing 12 months 9,476,766 Total roadside inspections 60-month dataset (Aug 2022 – Feb 2026) 15,329,514 Total violations recorded 60-month dataset (Aug 2022 – Feb 2026) 86,438 Total out-of-service actions (vehicle + driver) July 2025 57.94% Violation rate (highest recorded in dataset) August 2025 474,194 Total violations recorded (highest single month in dataset) July 2025 Cite this data AlphaLoops. 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