CRYSTAL FLASH INC
DBA CRYSTAL FLASH
USDOT 237926MC-Docket MC863238GRAND RAPIDS, MI
Do not tenderHazmat-authorized212 power units
CRYSTAL FLASH INC (USDOT 237926) in GRAND RAPIDS, MI — carries a hard disqualifier. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 10 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- 1 fatal crash(es) in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 4 times, most recent 2018-06-25 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 1999-06-14 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Active
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0.52
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.08
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 1.42
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
1
Fatalities
13
Injuries
14
Crashes
101
Inspections
5
OOS inspections
5
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 212
- Total drivers
- 164
- Years in business
- 43
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 10 of 14 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0.9%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 4.3%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 4 times last 2018-06-25
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-07-18
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 1999-06-14 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
184
Inspections
7
OOS inspections
132
Violations
8
OOS violations
4
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-05-31 → 2026-05-20.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-02-23
MI
Tow-away
2026-01-28
MI
1 injured
2026-01-26
MI
Tow-away
2026-01-06
MI
Tow-away
2025-12-26
MI
1 fatal3 injuredTow-away
2025-12-04
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2025-11-20
MI
2 injuredTow-away
2025-10-30
IL
2 injuredTow-away
2025-05-14
OH
Tow-away
2025-02-11
IL
3 injuredTow-away
2025-02-04
MI
Tow-away
2025-01-31
MI
Tow-away
2024-12-03
MI
1 injuredTow-away
2024-08-13
MI
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
52 | 10 | 2026-04-15 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
49 | 1 | 2026-04-15 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
8 | 1 | 2025-12-16 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
5 | 0 | 2026-02-02 |
Hours of service 395
|
5 | 0 | 2025-09-29 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 107
|
3 | 0 | 2025-07-11 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
2 | 1 | 2025-03-11 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 178
|
1 | 0 | 2024-02-08 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front less than 4/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-04-15 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - General impeding traffic. | — |
| 2026-04-15 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-04-15 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-03-30 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-03-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2026-03-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 15 or more miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-27 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake connections with leaks or constrictions | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 not equipped with an ABS system. System does not functio | — |
| 2026-02-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-02-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Operate a CMV while using a cellular phone | — |
| 2026-02-02 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Transport Vehicle Markings) - Less than 50% of the required ID numbers are missing for each material. | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Highway Carriage) - Liquid discharge valve not closed during the transportation of Class 2 hazardous materials | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Frame - Cab or body mounts loose/broken/missing | — |
| 2026-01-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-12-18 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV. | — |
| 2025-12-18 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Highway Carriage) - Liquid discharge valve not closed during the transportation of Class 2 hazardous materials | — |
| 2025-12-16 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Placarding) - Failure to maintain placard(s) in a condition so that the format legibility color and visibility of th | — |
| 2025-12-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-12-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Connections with Leaks Under Vehicle | OOS |
| 2025-09-29 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured on/after 3/1/2001 not equipped with ABS malfunction circuit / lamp from towed vehicle in cab | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driver failed to certify the accuracy of the information gathered by the ELD | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - CMV manufactured on or after 10/20/1994 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate | — |
| 2025-09-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2025-09-17 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-09-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-07-17 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Placarding) - Upon visual examination a color on a placard must fall within the color tolerances displayed on the ap | — |
| 2025-07-16 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-07-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-07-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any missing | — |
| 2025-07-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any missing. | — |
| 2025-07-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal -Any inoperative on a unit that is not the rearmost unit | — |
| 2025-05-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 8 hour driving limit since the end of the last on duty off duty or sleeper period of at least 30 minutes | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Driving beyond 11 hour driving limit. (Property Carrying Vehicle) | — |
| 2025-04-09 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2025-04-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-04-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2025-04-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2025-04-01 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Emergency Response) - Improper maintenance/accessibility of emergency response information | — |
| 2025-02-19 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Shipping Papers) - Shipper failed to provide HM shipping paper | OOS |
| 2025-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp missing | — |
| 2025-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Side marker lamp(s) inoperative | — |
| 2025-02-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | State/Local Laws - Wheel (mud) flaps missing or defective | — |
| 2024-09-23 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-09-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-09-18 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | Placard does not meet specifications | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-04-15 4 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2SLIMPT | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75B-TFV | — | — |
2026-03-30 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | — | — |
2026-03-03 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS4 | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA1 | — | — |
2026-02-27 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | Not Guilty/Dismissed |
2026-02-27 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2026-02-19 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D | — | — |
2026-02-18 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55C1-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2026-02-17 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLCP | — | — |
2026-02-02 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 823A-HMTVMNID | — | — |
2026-01-14 3 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 840G-HMHC | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201B-FR | — | — |
2025-12-18 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16AD | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 840G-HMHC | — | — |
2025-12-16 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 516C6-HMPMC | — | — |
2025-12-15 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
2025-12-08 1 viol· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45DLUV | OOS | — |
2025-11-13 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG3 | — | — |
2025-09-29 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 30B1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2 | — | — |
2025-09-29 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-09-04 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
2025-08-05 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2025-07-17 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 519D3-HMPMC | — | — |
2025-07-16 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2025-07-11 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 107 | 620B-HMAMC | — | — |
2025-07-03 3 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LSLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LRLM | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LTSIR | — | — |
2025-05-14 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
2025-04-22 1 violHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
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