Carrier profile · USDOT 171171 · MC-121834 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ezzell Trucking Inc

64 power unitsavg 6.3 yrRegional · 3 statesHARRELLS, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-121834 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksezzelltrucking.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 15.6%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 — 45 vehicle and 107 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 11.1 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

105 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 9

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 64-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
64
Inspections · 24 mo
107
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 276 total · 5 in 24 mo

276
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
17
Fatal
156
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20247127
20234004
20223013
20215015
2020111410
20195025
20187047
20179059
20165045
20158068
20146036
2013111510
20125025
20112021
20109168
20094134
20086136
2007122711
20065015
20057066
2004120411
2003112611
200210077
20018158
20008127
1999100810
19982531721
19972111618
1996110611
19958138
1994120910
19932012
19921011
19902021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026VA01Yes
Aug 14, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 29, 2025NC01Yes
Apr 18, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 2, 2024NC02Yes
Jul 11, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 7, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 8, 2024NC10Yes
Mar 10, 2024NC01Yes
Mar 9, 2024VA00Yes
Feb 27, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 26, 2023NC00Yes
Oct 26, 2023NC00Yes
Jun 5, 2023NC00Yes
Mar 7, 2023NC00Yes
Oct 21, 2022NC00Yes
May 24, 2022NC00Yes
Apr 6, 2022VA01Yes
Dec 20, 2021VA00Yes
Nov 23, 2021VA01Yes
Jun 14, 2021VA00Yes
Apr 13, 2021NC00Yes
Mar 29, 2021VA00Yes
Dec 10, 2020NC00Yes
Nov 19, 2020VA01No