Adams Motor Express Inc
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
26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 4
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
- 23
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 29
- Annualized
- ≈15 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 68 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2020 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 30, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2018 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 31, 2017 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2017 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2016 | GA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 1, 2016 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2016 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2016 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2015 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2015 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2015 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2014 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2014 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2014 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2013 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2012 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |