NELSON BROS READY MIX LTD
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
55 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 5
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
- 144
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 60
- Annualized
- ≈30 / 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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 11 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving10 · 10 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 116 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 37 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2026 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 21, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2025 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 13, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Mar 27, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 8, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 23, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jul 7, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 20, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 17, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 13, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 12, 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2020 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 27, 2019 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 31, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2018 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |