MASON AND MEFFORD
USDOT 504629MC-Docket MC259101MADISON, IN
Do not tenderHazmat-authorized64 power units
MASON AND MEFFORD (USDOT 504629) in MADISON, IN — carries a hard disqualifier. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Vehicle out-of-service rate is above the national roadside average.
- 5 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- 1 fatal crash(es) in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 10 times, most recent 2025-12-03 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2019-03-05 (C).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.31
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.23
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.09
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 5.79
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
1
Fatalities
2
Injuries
5
Crashes
52
Inspections
13
OOS inspections
14
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 64
- Total drivers
- 45
- Years in business
- 34
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 5 of 5 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.8%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 48%Above national
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 10 times last 2025-12-03
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2025-05-22
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2019-03-05 · C
Inspection history (all-time)
95
Inspections
16
OOS inspections
115
Violations
18
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-28 → 2026-06-09.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-12-29
KY
Tow-away
2025-11-11
KY
Tow-away
2025-10-27
KY
1 fatalTow-away
2025-09-23
TX
1 injuredTow-away
2024-10-14
KY
1 injuredTow-away
2024-05-20
OH
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
51 | 19 | 2026-04-27 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
35 | 2 | 2026-06-09 |
Hours of service 395
|
16 | 2 | 2026-03-31 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
4 | 1 | 2025-10-21 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 107
|
4 | 0 | 2024-12-26 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
2 | 0 | 2024-08-31 |
CDL standards 383
|
1 | 1 | 2024-06-18 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
1 | 0 | 2024-08-31 |
Hazmat driving & parking 397
|
1 | 0 | 2024-08-31 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-04-27 | Vehicle Maintenance | CMV manufactured after 10/19/94 has an automatic airbrake adjustment system that fails to compensate for wear | — |
| 2026-04-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - In-Vehicle Information - Failing to have an instruction sheet for the driver describing ELD malfunction repo | — |
| 2026-03-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
| 2026-02-10 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2026-02-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Lamps improper color height location. | — |
| 2026-01-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2026-01-19 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both inoperative when required to be on | OOS |
| 2025-11-26 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2025-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2025-11-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | — |
| 2025-10-21 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-10-19 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2025-10-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2025-07-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2025-04-14 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2025-02-20 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-01-28 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-12-26 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-12-18 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2024-12-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative/defective brakes | — |
| 2024-12-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | All Brakes - Missing or Broken Components including Pad Retaining Components and loose or missing caliper mounting bolt( | — |
| 2024-11-11 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Unlawfully parking /leaving vehicle on roadway | — |
| 2024-10-15 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to secure vehicle equipment | OOS |
| 2024-09-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-09-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-09-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test | OOS |
| 2024-09-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2024-09-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Damaged or Discolored | — |
| 2024-09-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/rim cracked or broken | OOS |
| 2024-08-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2024-08-31 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Driving & Parking) - Driver parked a motor vehicle containing HM other than Division 1.1 1.2 or 1.3 on or within 5 f | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Placarding) - The background color symbol text numerals and inner border on a placard must be as specified in 172.52 | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Hazardous Materials Compliance | HM (Highway Carriage) - Liquid discharge valve not closed during the transportation of Class 2 hazardous materials | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 1997 and each single unit C | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 2001 for towed vehicle. | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | Washers - Inoperative washing system. | — |
| 2024-08-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | External sun visor obstructs the drivers view | — |
| 2024-08-25 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding work/construction zone | — |
| 2024-08-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at other than a proper connection | OOS |
| 2024-07-01 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tire-flat and/or audible air leak | OOS |
| 2024-06-18 | Driver Fitness | Driving a CMV while CDL is suspended for a safety-related or unknown reason and in state of driver's license issuance | OOS |
| 2024-05-08 | Unsafe Driving | Following too close | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-06-09 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWA2 | — | — |
2026-05-14 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-04-27 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 53B | — | — |
2026-04-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEWG2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
2026-03-31 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 22H3-ELDMF | — | — |
2026-03-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 47E | — | — |
2026-02-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-02-03 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 11A1-LCHL | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-01-28 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2026-01-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2025-12-08 9 violsPost-accident
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203C-CBP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60C | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BI-SA | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A1-TBSP | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 201A-FRMC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 203B-CBP | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106B-C | — | — |
2025-11-26 6 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 8D10-HOSF | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLIWR | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | — | — |
2025-10-21 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2025-10-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2025-10-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 45D-B | — | — |
2025-07-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS3 | — | — |
2025-04-14 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3 | OOS | — |
2025-02-20 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-01-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2024-12-26 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2024-12-26 2 violsHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 107 | 608B-HMAMC | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSIV | — | — |
2024-12-18 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 48A-BMBC | — | — |
2024-12-18 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2024-11-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLUP | — | — |
2024-10-15 3 viols· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 107 | 620(b) | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9(a)(2) | OOS | — |
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