L Watson Trucking 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
20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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
- 29
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 20
- 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving27 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
- 396.9 Inspection of motor vehicles in operationVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 51 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 16 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2025 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2024 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 6, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 31, 2024 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2024 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 26, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2023 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2022 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 10, 2022 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2021 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 5, 2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2019 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |