Hills Trucking Company
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
40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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
- 42
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 40
- Annualized
- ≈20 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 104 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2005 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2004 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2026 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 20, 2025 | KY | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2023 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2019 | SC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Oct 30, 2018 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2018 | KY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 30, 2017 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2017 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2017 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2016 | OH | 0 | 5 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2016 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 14, 2016 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2015 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2015 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2015 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2015 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |