The Hertz Corporation
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
51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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
- 481
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 51
- Annualized
- ≈26 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.1 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
- 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 5 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Crash history· 66 total · 7 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1997 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2025 | NY | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2025 | CA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 28, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2025 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 13, 2025 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2024 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 24, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 12, 2023 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 20, 2023 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 8, 2023 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 27, 2022 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 16, 2022 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | NY | 0 | 2 | No |
| Apr 14, 2022 | VA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2021 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2020 | CA | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 6, 2019 | NY | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 25, 2019 | MI | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| May 28, 2019 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2019 | KY | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2018 | MO | 0 | 1 | No |
| Aug 1, 2018 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |