Hunter Auto & Wrecker Service 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
16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3
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
- 79
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 16
- Annualized
- ≈8 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 391.45 No medical examination / expiredDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 2, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 38 total · 1 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2025 | NC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2023 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 3, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 6, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 14, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 7, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 26, 2018 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 20, 2018 | SC | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jul 26, 2018 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2017 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 28, 2017 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 22, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2016 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2015 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2014 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 23, 2014 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2013 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |