Meade Trucking Company 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 Sep '24 · 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
- 16
- Annualized
- ≈8 / 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.
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 1 OOS
- 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 101 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 18, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 26, 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 3, 2024 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2024 | MD | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2024 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2023 | VA | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 4, 2022 | WV | 0 | 1 | No |
| Sep 29, 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 15, 2022 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2022 | SC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 24, 2020 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 13, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 9, 2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2019 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 29, 2018 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2018 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 10, 2018 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2018 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2017 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2015 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2015 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2015 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 12, 2015 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |