Harold a Puryear Trucking Co Inc
DBA PURYEAR TRUCKING
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
57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 13
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
- 1
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 58
- Annualized
- ≈29 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈29.0 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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 8 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 172.328 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 87 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2025 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 6, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2024 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 6, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2024 | NC | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 12, 2023 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 7, 2023 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 21, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2022 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 16, 2022 | NC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2022 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2021 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2021 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2021 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 29, 2020 | SC | 1 | 0 | Yes |