Watt & Stewart Trucking 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
144 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 12
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
- 43
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 148
- Annualized
- ≈74 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.7 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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 60 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2, 2026 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2025 | IL | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jun 12, 2025 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 16, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2024 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 17, 2024 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 31, 2024 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2023 | NM | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 1, 2023 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2023 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 2, 2023 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 2, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| Dec 28, 2022 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 19, 2022 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 29, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 14, 2022 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2021 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 6, 2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 18, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2021 | MS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2020 | NC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 21, 2020 | SD | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 11, 2020 | NM | 0 | 2 | Yes |