Hayes Transport 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
61 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 6
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
- 50
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 65
- Annualized
- ≈33 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 93% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 65 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12, 2025 | IL | 0 | 2 | No |
| Apr 3, 2024 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2023 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2022 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2021 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2020 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2020 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 4, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2018 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2018 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2018 | AZ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2017 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 20, 2017 | PA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Mar 11, 2017 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2016 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2016 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 24, 2015 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2014 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2014 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2014 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 1, 2014 | WI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2014 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |