Carter Machinery Company 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
182 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 13
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
- 713
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 188
- Annualized
- ≈94 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 74 total · 13 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2026 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2026 | VA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 24, 2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 30, 2026 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2025 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 27, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2024 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2024 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 5, 2024 | RI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2024 | MD | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 11, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | No |