Adams Trucking 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
18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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
- 10
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 19
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 23, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 96 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2022 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2021 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2021 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2020 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2020 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2020 | NE | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 5, 2020 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2020 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2019 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 1, 2018 | CO | 1 | 4 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2017 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2017 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2017 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2017 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2016 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2016 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2015 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2015 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2015 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 15, 2015 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2014 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2014 | WY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2012 | ND | 0 | 2 | Yes |