FERGUSON 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
34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4
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
- 22
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 39
- Annualized
- ≈20 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.9 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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 29 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27, 2023 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2022 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2018 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2016 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2015 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2015 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2014 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2014 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2014 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2014 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2014 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 3, 2013 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 17, 2013 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2013 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2012 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 14, 2012 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2010 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2010 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2009 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2009 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2009 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2008 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2007 | KY | 0 | 3 | Yes |