Walter P Rawl & Sons Inc
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
72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 6
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
- 81
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 74
- Annualized
- ≈37 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.5 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 Driving32 · 0 OOS
- 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 383.51 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
- 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
- 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. 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· 74 total · 8 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 2, 2025 | CT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 18, 2025 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 18, 2025 | MO | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Feb 18, 2025 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 13, 2025 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 10, 2025 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 2, 2025 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 23, 2023 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 10, 2023 | NC | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 21, 2022 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 18, 2022 | MS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 12, 2022 | FL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2022 | CT | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| May 4, 2022 | NC | 0 | 1 | No |
| Apr 5, 2022 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 15, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 8, 2021 | TX | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Apr 8, 2021 | LA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2021 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 4, 2020 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2019 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 23, 2019 | SC | 0 | 6 | Yes |