NED BARD & SON CO
DBA NED BARD & SONS 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
13 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2
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
- 37
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 13
- Annualized
- ≈7 / 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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
- 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 68 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 2026 | OH | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2023 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2021 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2018 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 10, 2018 | PA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 22, 2018 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 2, 2017 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2016 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2016 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 17, 2014 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 15, 2014 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2013 | PA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 17, 2013 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 3, 2013 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2011 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2011 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2010 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2010 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2009 | NY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2008 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2008 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 24, 2008 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2008 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |