Early Trucking 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
205 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 15
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
- 152
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 210
- Annualized
- ≈105 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving82 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 6 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
17 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 91 total · 18 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2026 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 24, 2026 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 18, 2026 | AR | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| May 1, 2026 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2026 | NM | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2026 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2026 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 27, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2025 | GA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 22, 2025 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 12, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2025 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2024 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2024 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 11, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 30, 2022 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2022 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 15, 2022 | GA | 1 | 2 | Yes |