Carrier profile · USDOT 89586 · MC-164923 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Howard Transportation Inc

100 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 20 statesELLISVILLE, MS70/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-164923 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshoward-ind.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 47.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 87 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

69.2% · 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 9.8 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

83 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 8

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 100-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
100
Inspections · 24 mo
87
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 18 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 6 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 265 total · 3 in 24 mo

265
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
110
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253023
20242002
20235015
20221011
20213003
20206125
20196016
2018121312
2017100110
20164014
2015111411
2014151415
20135025
2012101510
20115115
20109068
20095024
2008141712
2007160216
20065034
20056036
20048037
20038055
20027037
20019148
200010167
1999110411
1998110610
199710049
19966056
19959076
19945044
19935024
19926124
19914013
19903032
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 14, 2025MO05Yes
Mar 27, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 13, 2025MS01Yes
Jun 14, 2024MS00Yes
Feb 15, 2024MN00Yes
Dec 1, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 13, 2023MD00Yes
Sep 7, 2023VT00Yes
Aug 11, 2023MS01Yes
Jan 24, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 22, 2022NC01Yes
Apr 10, 2021AL00Yes
Mar 15, 2021KY00Yes
Feb 18, 2021VA00Yes
Dec 1, 2020MI01Yes
Oct 1, 2020NC00Yes
Jul 27, 2020SC00Yes
Jun 5, 2020GA00Yes
Apr 22, 2020MA10No
Mar 19, 2020NC01Yes
Jul 23, 2019WV00Yes
Jun 6, 2019IN01Yes
May 21, 2019VA00Yes
Mar 14, 2019KY00Yes
Mar 9, 2019GA00Yes