HWS LLC
DBA HENRY'S WRECKER SERVICE
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
27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4
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
- 73
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 28
- Annualized
- ≈14 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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.
- 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance49 · 25 OOS
- 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
- 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 30 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 65 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2026 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 19, 2026 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2025 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 16, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | No |
| May 5, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2025 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 28, 2023 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 9, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2023 | MD | 1 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 27, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2023 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 16, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 5, 2022 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 3, 2021 | MD | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 27, 2021 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2021 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 29, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2019 | MD | 0 | 1 | No |
| Nov 17, 2018 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 8, 2017 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |