Carrier profile · USDOT 182546 · MC-310783 · Updated Aug 16, 2026

Howard & Sons Automotive Services Inc

DBA HOWARD'S WRECKER SERVICE

28 power unitsavg 6.5 yrRegional · 3 statesMABLETON, GA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-310783 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshowardswrecker.comFMCSA SAFER

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 77.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 26.3 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 3

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 28-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
28
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 25 total · 5 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255025
20243032
20233003
20222002
20191011
20171011
20163003
20133013
20121001
20051001
20021010
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 9, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 6, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 25, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 25, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 26, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 6, 2024GA01No
Mar 8, 2024GA01Yes
Feb 29, 2024GA02Yes
Sep 29, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 23, 2023GA00Yes
May 18, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 16, 2022GA00Yes
Nov 21, 2022GA00Yes
May 5, 2019GA01Yes
Feb 2, 2017GA01Yes
Sep 9, 2016GA00Yes
Aug 2, 2016GA00Yes
Jan 5, 2016GA00Yes
Dec 23, 2013GA00Yes
Sep 7, 2013GA01Yes
Jan 21, 2013GA00Yes
Nov 9, 2012GA00Yes
Nov 11, 2005GA00Yes
Apr 8, 2002GA01No
Jun 23, 1994GA01Yes