Carrier profile · USDOT 131237 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

GILLESPIE & SON INC

34 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 3 statesCHESTERTOWN, MD100/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 15.2%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 11.8 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

37 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Feb '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 34-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 34
Inspections · 24 mo: 39
Annualized: ≈20 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

39%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

38%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

14%

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.

392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
391.15 Driver qualificationsDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
393.106 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 60 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2023	1	1	1
2020	1	0	1
2016	1	1	1
2011	1	0	1
2008	1	0	1
2007	1	1	1
2002	1	1	1
2001	1	1	1
1999	1	1	1
1998	1	0	1
1996	3	2	3

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 14, 2023	DE	1	Yes
Apr 20, 2020	VA	0	Yes
Jul 28, 2016	MD	1	Yes
Apr 11, 2011	DE	0	Yes
Jan 17, 2008	MD	0	Yes
May 4, 2007	MD	1	Yes
Apr 25, 2002	MD	1	Yes
Nov 19, 2001	DE	4	Yes
Nov 30, 1999	MD	1	Yes
Apr 1, 1998	DE	0	Yes
Nov 15, 1996	MD	3	Yes
Oct 10, 1996	MD	1	Yes
Aug 19, 1996	MD	0	Yes