EDWARDS TRANSPORTATION CO
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
165 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 12
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
- 65
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 171
- Annualized
- ≈86 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 98 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2024 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 3, 2024 | OK | 2 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2023 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 8, 2023 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 29, 2022 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2022 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2022 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2021 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2020 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2020 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2020 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 17, 2019 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2019 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2018 | TX | 0 | 7 | Yes |
| May 17, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2017 | OK | 0 | 2 | Yes |