Carrier profile · USDOT 263622 · MC-295289 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Foster Fuels Inc

101 power unitsavg 8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesBROOKNEAL, VA76/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-295289 NO AUTHORITYRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksfosterfuels.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 6.6%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 — 212 vehicle and 223 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

6.1% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

215 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 23

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 101-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
101
Inspections · 24 mo
223
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 173.24 Other violationOther6 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 8 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20248047
20235035
20224014
20217017
20202012
20191001
20183012
20162012
20153003
20131001
20113013
20082012
20071001
20061011
19982022
19921000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 30, 2026AZ00Yes
Feb 23, 2026VA00Yes
Sep 25, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 16, 2024VA01Yes
Nov 4, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 9, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 4, 2024NC01No
Sep 17, 2024VA01Yes
Jul 19, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 11, 2024AZ00Yes
Feb 22, 2024VA02Yes
Nov 9, 2023VA01Yes
Nov 2, 2023VA01Yes
Oct 30, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 24, 2023VA01Yes
Jun 2, 2023NC00Yes
Mar 21, 2022VA01Yes
Feb 10, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 10, 2022VA00Yes
Feb 10, 2022NC00Yes
Dec 8, 2021VA00Yes
Nov 1, 2021VA00Yes
Mar 31, 2021VA00Yes
Mar 23, 2021VA01Yes
Mar 22, 2021VA00Yes