Hicks Trucking Company of Litchfield 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
120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 11
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
- 124
- Annualized
- ≈62 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.2 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 Driving76 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 15 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 3 OOS
- 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 57 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2026 | NE | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2025 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2025 | IN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 5, 2024 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2024 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2023 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 27, 2023 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2023 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2022 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2022 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2020 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2019 | NE | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2019 | CA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 18, 2018 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2018 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2018 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |