Carrier profile · USDOT 81376 · MC-17605 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

R E Watson Inc

74 power unitsavg 7.1 yrRegional · 3 statesHAMILTON, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-17605 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

33.3% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

11 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 74-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
74
Inspections · 24 mo
12
Annualized
≈6 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.04measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
5measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 43 total · 6 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20252102
20241011
20231011
20212012
20202002
20191011
20181001
20173033
20161001
20152022
20144024
20121001
20101001
20091010
20082012
20073023
20062011
20041011
20031010
20013022
19991010
19961001
19951011
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 14, 2026OH00Yes
Jul 23, 2026OH02Yes
Jun 2, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2026OH00Yes
Aug 13, 2025OH10Yes
Jul 17, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 5, 2024OH03Yes
Aug 10, 2023OH02Yes
Oct 28, 2021OH00Yes
Jun 16, 2021OH01Yes
Sep 12, 2020OH00Yes
Jun 15, 2020OH00Yes
Jul 24, 2019IN01Yes
Oct 18, 2018OH00Yes
Dec 8, 2017OH01Yes
Jul 25, 2017OH01Yes
Jul 25, 2017OH01Yes
Feb 23, 2016OH00Yes
Sep 2, 2015OH01Yes
Aug 3, 2015OH01Yes
Dec 17, 2014OH02Yes
Nov 17, 2014OH01Yes
May 15, 2014OH00Yes
Feb 15, 2014OH00Yes
Nov 28, 2012OH00Yes