W G Yates and Sons Construction Co
DBA YATES CONSTRUCTION
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
15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 2
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
- 48
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 16
- Annualized
- ≈8 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
- 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.65 Fuel systemVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 15 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 2026 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 30, 2026 | MS | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2026 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 6, 2025 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 28, 2024 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2021 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 9, 2018 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 19, 2017 | AR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 12, 2017 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2017 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 16, 2003 | MS | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 23, 2003 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 28, 2002 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 28, 2000 | MS | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Aug 14, 1995 | MS | 0 | 4 | Yes |