GRAY HILL
DBA BLACK TIE TRANSPORTATION BUS CHARTERS 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
9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4
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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 18 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 8 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 10, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2019 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2017 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |