Carrier profile · USDOT 213831 · MC-162341 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

Hazel's Hotshot Inc

DBA HAZEL'S EXPEDITED FREIGHT

111 power unitsavg 8.6 yrNational · 16 statesADDISON, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-162341 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 30.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 156 vehicle and 175 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 6.7 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

167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 17

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 111-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
111
Inspections · 24 mo
175
Annualized
≈88 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
81%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance75 · 10 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving64 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 35 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 10 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 13 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
5False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 4 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253123
20234014
20221011
20212012
20202012
20192012
20184004
20161011
20152011
20141011
20131001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026TX01Yes
Sep 15, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 14, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 30, 2025TX10Yes
Nov 15, 2023TX01Yes
Aug 21, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 31, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 14, 2023LA00Yes
Jun 10, 2022TX01Yes
Aug 17, 2021TX02Yes
May 20, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 1, 2020TX01Yes
Feb 11, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2019TX02Yes
May 29, 2019TX00Yes
Dec 2, 2018TX00Yes
Jun 5, 2018TX00Yes
Apr 10, 2018TX00Yes
Feb 7, 2018TX00Yes
Apr 26, 2016OK01Yes
Sep 8, 2015TX01No
May 20, 2015TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2014TX01Yes
Jul 29, 2013TX00Yes
Jul 26, 2010TX00Yes