Carrier profile · USDOT 1478957 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CHARLES E WATTS INC

46 power unitsLocal · 1 statesGADSDEN, AL100/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkscharlesewattsinc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 46-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
46
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.43measure
SMS · per-BASIC
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
1.2measure
SMS · per-BASIC

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 12 total · 0 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20221001
20201001
20171001
20151011
20141001
20134034
20101001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2024AL04Yes
May 3, 2022AL00Yes
Jul 22, 2020AL00Yes
Jun 29, 2017AL00Yes
Nov 2, 2015AL01Yes
Sep 4, 2014AL00Yes
Sep 19, 2013AL01Yes
Sep 9, 2013AL00Yes
Jul 11, 2013AL02Yes
Jul 11, 2013AL02Yes
Sep 28, 2010AL00Yes
Apr 15, 2007AL00Yes