Hardy Brothers 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
170 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 16
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
- 58
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 180
- Annualized
- ≈90 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.6 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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 88 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 27, 2025 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2024 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2024 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 5, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 8, 2022 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2020 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2020 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 26, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 19, 2019 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2019 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2018 | MD | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2018 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2018 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2017 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 25, 2017 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |