HOWARD SHEPPARD LLC
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
27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4
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
- 125
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 28
- Annualized
- ≈14 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 59 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 333 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 24 | 3 | 13 | 22 | |
| 2014 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 24 | 3 | 15 | 22 | |
| 2008 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 17 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2006 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 21 | 0 | 8 | 21 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | |
| 2003 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2001 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| 2000 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1999 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 10 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 12 | |
| 1996 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1995 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
| 1994 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 13 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2026 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2025 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 3, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2024 | GA | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 1, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 8, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 5, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 27, 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 11, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2022 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Nov 23, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2021 | GA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| May 28, 2021 | GA | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 9, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 2, 2020 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2020 | GA | 1 | 0 | Yes |