Carrier profile · USDOT 1004705 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Hopwood Enterprises Inc

18 power unitsavg 11.2 yrLocal · 1 statesFREDERICK, MD62/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 53.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 10.7 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 2

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

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 18
Inspections · 24 mo: 15
Annualized: ≈8 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

66%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

20%

Controlled Substances

Vektor peer est.

71%

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 Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness8 · 4 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 25 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	3	1	2	2
2021	1	0	0	1
2018	2	0	1	2
2016	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	1	1
2007	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 14, 2026	MD	0	0	Yes
Sep 23, 2023	MD	0	1	Yes
May 10, 2022	MD	0	1	No
Feb 23, 2022	MD	0	0	Yes
Jan 22, 2022	MD	1	1	Yes
Sep 11, 2021	MD	0	0	Yes
Apr 25, 2018	VA	0	0	Yes
Mar 30, 2018	MD	0	2	Yes
Apr 10, 2016	MD	0	1	Yes
Dec 3, 2013	VA	0	1	Yes
Aug 6, 2007	MD	0	1	Yes