Pitts and Sons Inc
DBA PITTS & SONS TOWING & RECOVERY
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
41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4
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
- 36
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 42
- Annualized
- ≈21 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
- 393.17 Lamps/reflectors on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 64 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 2026 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 25, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 29, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2025 | FL | 0 | 2 | No |
| Dec 4, 2024 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2024 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2023 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 11, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | No |
| Oct 20, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2022 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2021 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2021 | AL | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 28, 2020 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 6, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2019 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2019 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2018 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2018 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 2018 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 26, 2018 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |