Hewitt Trucking Ltd
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
66 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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
- 25
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 67
- Annualized
- ≈34 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.3 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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 38 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2024 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 1, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2022 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2020 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2019 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2019 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2019 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2019 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2017 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2015 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2015 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2015 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2015 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2015 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 20, 2014 | MN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 23, 2014 | IA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2014 | NE | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2014 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2012 | AR | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2011 | IA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 26, 2011 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2010 | IA | 0 | 3 | Yes |