Davey Tree Surgery Company
DBA DAVEY TREE
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
56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 5
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
- 1,577
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 56
- Annualized
- ≈28 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.0 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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 383.91 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 72 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 73 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 2026 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2026 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 14, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 11, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2022 | TX | 1 | 0 | No |
| Dec 20, 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 28, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 17, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 29, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 24, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 26, 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | No |