CAPITOL MATERIALS INC
DBA CAPITOL MATERIALS OF ALABAMA
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
79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6
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
- 158
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 82
- Annualized
- ≈41 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness4 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 134 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 62 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 28, 2024 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 16, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 16, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 24, 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 25, 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2020 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |