R O HARRELL 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
76 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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
- 65
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 78
- Annualized
- ≈39 / 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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 61 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 13, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2025 | MD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2024 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 14, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 18, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2023 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 25, 2023 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 16, 2022 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 11, 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2022 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2021 | WV | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2021 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 22, 2021 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 3, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 3, 2020 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 6, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 6, 2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 1, 2019 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2019 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2018 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 24, 2018 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 5, 2017 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |