Powell Transportation 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
178 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 15
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
- 75
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 181
- Annualized
- ≈91 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.2 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 Driving48 · 1 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 131 total · 9 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
| 2002 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2001 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1995 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2026 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2026 | MS | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 15, 2026 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 9, 2026 | MA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2026 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2025 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2025 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 21, 2025 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 18, 2024 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2024 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2024 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 28, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2023 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2023 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2023 | LA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 4, 2022 | AL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2022 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 14, 2021 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2021 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2021 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 11, 2021 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2020 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |