DOUGLAS & SONS 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
44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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
- 55
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 45
- Annualized
- ≈23 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 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
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.34 ELD — malfunction proceduresHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 77 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2025 | DE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2025 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2025 | NC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2023 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2023 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 10, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2021 | NC | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 3, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2017 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2016 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2015 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |