Reed's Fuel Company
DBA REED'S FUEL &TRUCKING
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
27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 7
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
- 40
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 27
- Annualized
- ≈14 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.3 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.
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 32 inspections — a clean logging history.
Crash history· 90 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1992 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1990 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2026 | OR | 0 | 1 | No |
| Feb 23, 2026 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 1, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 5, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 23, 2025 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2024 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 16, 2024 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2024 | OR | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2023 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 13, 2022 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 6, 2022 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2022 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 27, 2021 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 4, 2021 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 21, 2021 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 14, 2020 | OR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Feb 26, 2020 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 18, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2019 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 17, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2019 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |