Howl Transportation 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
134 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 11
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
- 50
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 141
- Annualized
- ≈71 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.4 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 Driving46 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 66 total · 3 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2025 | NJ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2025 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 16, 2023 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 10, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 26, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 22, 2023 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 30, 2023 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 22, 2022 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2022 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 23, 2020 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2019 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 19, 2019 | CA | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| May 13, 2019 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2019 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2018 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 7, 2018 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |