Carrier profile · USDOT 2520592 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Clay Trucking Inc

89 power unitsavg 9.6 yrLocal · 1 statesSUMMERSVILLE, WV94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksmayesgroup.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 7.5%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 — 93 vehicle and 116 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 4.0 pts across the window. 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

113 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 10

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 89-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
89
Inspections · 24 mo
116
Annualized
≈58 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

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 Driving55 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.70 Coupling devices / fifth wheelVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.82 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 203 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 5 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252022
20242002
20235025
20223003
20212002
20203023
20181001
20162012
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 26, 2026WV01Yes
Jul 9, 2025WV01Yes
Jan 3, 2025WV03Yes
Dec 13, 2024WV00Yes
Sep 11, 2024WV00Yes
Dec 18, 2023WV00Yes
Dec 2, 2023WV00Yes
May 5, 2023WV01Yes
Apr 4, 2023WV02Yes
Jan 10, 2023WV00Yes
Oct 25, 2022WV00Yes
May 23, 2022WV00Yes
Mar 5, 2022WV00Yes
Jul 2, 2021WV00Yes
Mar 17, 2021WV00Yes
Aug 4, 2020WV01Yes
Mar 23, 2020WV01Yes
Feb 10, 2020WV00Yes
Aug 8, 2018WV00Yes
Nov 28, 2016WV01Yes
Nov 7, 2016WV00Yes
Nov 30, 2015WV01Yes