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RALPH CLAYTON & SONS Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 7.0% (24-mo)43 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.7% (24-mo)59 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%

030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

13.0% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 2.4 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 259-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.

Registered power units: 259
Inspections · 24 mo: 60
Annualized: ≈30 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving

.03measure

SMS · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

43%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

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 Driving39
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2
393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 105 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 134 total · 9 in 24 mo

134

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	4	0	2	4
2025	2	0	1	2
2024	4	0	3	3
2023	2	0	0	2
2022	2	0	1	2
2021	1	0	1	1
2019	6	0	2	6
2018	3	0	1	3
2017	6	1	4	4
2016	2	0	1	2
2015	6	0	3	6
2014	4	0	1	4
2013	6	0	3	6
2012	1	0	1	1
2011	5	0	1	5
2010	8	0	2	8
2009	2	0	1	2
2008	6	0	2	6
2007	3	0	1	3
2005	11	1	7	10
2004	8	0	4	8
2003	8	0	4	8
2002	7	0	3	7
2001	6	1	2	6
2000	1	0	0	1
1999	1	0	1	0
1998	10	0	6	8
1997	3	0	3	2
1996	4	0	1	4
1994	2	0	1	2

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
06/17/2026	NJ	0	Yes
05/29/2026	NJ	1	Yes
04/23/2026	NJ	0	Yes
02/09/2026	NJ	4	Yes
12/10/2025	NJ	1	Yes
03/24/2025	NJ	0	Yes
10/31/2024	NJ	3	Yes
10/14/2024	NJ	1	No
10/04/2024	NJ	1	Yes
04/25/2024	NJ	0	Yes
09/18/2023	NJ	0	Yes
05/30/2023	NJ	0	Yes
10/27/2022	NJ	0	Yes
06/06/2022	NJ	1	Yes
06/29/2021	NJ	1	Yes
10/01/2019	NJ	0	Yes
10/01/2019	NJ	0	Yes
10/01/2019	NJ	0	Yes
10/01/2019	NJ	0	Yes
04/10/2019	NJ	3	Yes
02/25/2019	NJ	2	Yes
11/21/2018	NJ	0	Yes
11/01/2018	NJ	6	Yes
09/18/2018	NJ	0	Yes
12/19/2017	NJ	0	Yes