L L Carter & Son 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
18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 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
- 33
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 19
- Annualized
- ≈10 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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 Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 27 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 88 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 20, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2025 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 19, 2024 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2023 | VA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 21, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 19, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 13, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2023 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 29, 2023 | WV | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 16, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 2, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 18, 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 2, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2020 | MD | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |