THE HIGHWAY HEROESS CARRIERS CORP 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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered 06/15/2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 78.6% (24-mo)14 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 54.5% (24-mo)22 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

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

85.0% now● Stable

Holding near 85.0% — above 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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
3.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
3
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
11 / yr
Coverage
3.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

94%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
97%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
98%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
100%
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 Driving43
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 10 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 11 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 06/09/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 2 total · 2 in 24 mo

2
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
05/04/2026GA00Yes
03/12/2026PA00Yes