Carrier profile · USDOT 324411 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lewis Tree Service Inc

DBA CAROLINA TREE CARE INC

2,525 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 17 statesWEST HENRIETTA, NY81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
Verified linkslewistree.comFMCSA SAFER

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 29.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 100 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

88.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 9.2 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 11

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 2,525-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
2,525
Inspections · 24 mo
100
Annualized
≈50 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
86%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving56 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance54 · 11 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness5 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 234 total · 30 in 24 mo

234
Total crashes
30
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
100
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268008
2025173517
202411169
2023150214
2022140614
20217037
2020140513
2019110511
2018110510
20178038
2016110011
20159049
20148037
20131511213
20124033
20117027
2010140812
20099048
20088037
20076056
20064044
20051001
20044023
20032021
20023022
20011001
20003013
19991011
19982012
19954014
19941110
19931010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 11, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 29, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 3, 2026SC00Yes
Mar 26, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 25, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2025NY01Yes
Dec 3, 2025NC01Yes
Nov 12, 2025NC10Yes
Nov 12, 2025NC10Yes
Nov 12, 2025NC10Yes
Oct 15, 2025TX02Yes
Oct 7, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 21, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 30, 2025NH01Yes
Jul 10, 2025SC01Yes
May 8, 2025NY00Yes
Mar 25, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 12, 2025SC00Yes
Feb 5, 2025MD00Yes
Feb 3, 2025NY00Yes
Jan 22, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 13, 2025MD00Yes