Hughes Trucking Company Inc
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
33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5
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
- 27
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 37
- Annualized
- ≈19 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 86 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 26, 2024 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2023 | TX | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 25, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 21, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 8, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 8, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 28, 2018 | TX | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 21, 2016 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2015 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |