Hodges 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
68 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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
- 28
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 69
- Annualized
- ≈35 / 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 Driving22 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 44 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 10, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2024 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 2, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 22, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2020 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2018 | SC | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 16, 2018 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2018 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2018 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2015 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2015 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 24, 2014 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2013 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2013 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 21, 2012 | FL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 3, 2012 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2011 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2011 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 19, 2010 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2010 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |