HOHOWES OIL CO INC 100

HOWES OIL CO INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 8.7% (24-mo)23 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0% (24-mo)31 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%

030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

10.0% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 8.8 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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.

Well-monitored

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 16
Inspections · 24 mo: 31
Annualized: ≈16 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

31%

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 Driving7
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4
172.600 Other violationOther2
172.602 Other violationOther2
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1
393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 60 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 13 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2021	1	0	0	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	0	1
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2007	2	0	0	2
2006	2	0	0	2
2003	1	0	0	1
2000	1	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
08/28/2021	SD	0	0	Yes
01/16/2013	SD	0	0	Yes
07/07/2012	SD	0	0	Yes
12/08/2011	SD	0	0	Yes
12/20/2010	SD	0	0	Yes
12/21/2009	SD	0	0	Yes
11/07/2007	SD	0	0	Yes
04/04/2007	SD	0	0	Yes
08/25/2006	SD	0	0	Yes
01/28/2006	SD	0	0	Yes
01/28/2003	MN	0	0	Yes
06/23/2000	SD	1	0	Yes
02/13/1997	SD	0	1	Yes