Fairfax Materials 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
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 3
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
- 45
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 20
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 34 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 21 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2025 | MD | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2023 | WV | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 5, 2021 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2021 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2017 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2015 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2012 | WV | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2011 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2011 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 16, 2010 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2005 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2004 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2004 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 30, 2002 | MD | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2002 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2000 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 1998 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 1998 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 1995 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 25, 1994 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |