Carrier profile · USDOT 1510795 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Grayson Carter & Son Contracting Inc

75 power unitsavg 6.4 yrLocal · 2 statesATHENS, AL87/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linksgraysoncarterandson.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 23.1%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 — 26 vehicle and 71 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.4 pts 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

66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 6

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 75-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
71
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 113 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 8 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20254004
20242002
20231011
20211001
20181010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 5, 2026AL01Yes
Jul 9, 2025AL00Yes
Apr 23, 2025AL00Yes
Apr 1, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 25, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 17, 2024AL00Yes
Sep 12, 2024AL00Yes
Aug 2, 2023AL01Yes
Jan 7, 2021AL00Yes
Nov 20, 2018AL01No