WA HODSON INC

DOT# 2500230 Leesburg, OH Authorized For-Hire
(937) 780-4272 fmcsa@brickergraydon.com 342 West Main Street, Leesburg OH 45135
12 power units · all owned 14 drivers 760k mi/yr · ~63k per unit
Intrastate Only
Marginal Provisional: the filed fleet isn't backed up by the roadside record (only 3 of the 12 filed power units were seen at a roadside inspection in 24 months), so the grade can't lean on this motor carrier's own history until the fleet size is confirmed. Intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Ohio are rarely inspected (about 1 a year for every 9 trucks), so the roadside record can't confirm the fleet either way.
FRED Score 35.7 / 100
Prior-only confidence
12 yrs history · 4 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
12
Drivers · CDL
14 · 14
Annual miles
760k
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 12 0 0 12
Tractors 0 0 0 0
Trailers 0 0 0 0

Registration

Registered
04-28-2014 (12 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
10-08-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
MICHAEL D HODSON
Officer
MATTHEW M. HODSON

Cargo

25.6
low risk
Building Materials Dry Bulk Farm Supplies Construction

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Intrastate operation

Runs within Ohio only. Intrastate fleets in Ohio are inspected about 1 a year for every 13 trucks; interstate fleets, about 1 a year for every 2 trucks. So this record rests mainly on crash reports, which states file for intrastate trucks too, and few inspections are ordinary here.

Expected crash rate is probably higher than similar fleets (about a 60% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 0.6× as often as the median active fleet of 10–19 trucks.

This motor carrier 1.42×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.3 vs 0.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–1 crashes
This motor carrier
0.3
Similar fleets
0.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
<1%
About 1.4× similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans worse, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 0.2 a year.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.71× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -3%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.

Track record

FMCSA record, Nov 2025 – Feb 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
4
25% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
33.3%
1 of 3
Intrastate avg 30.6%
Driver out-of-service
0.0%
0 of 4
Intrastate avg 8.5%
Violations
4
1 out-of-service

Inspected more often than intrastate fleets of 10–19 trucks in Ohio (about 3 in 24 months would be typical; 46% of them had none).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '25: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 1 inspections, 1 out of service 1 Q1 '26
vs 542 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.042 0.013
Inspections 0.50 0.34
Violations 0.17 0.31
Critical violations 0.00 0.05

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: intrastate fleets, 10–19 power units, low-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

4 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    4 · 1 OOS
    Lights 2 · Brakes 1 · Other parts 1
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    0
  • Hours of service No alert
    0
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Apr
    24
    2026
    Ohio
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. Citation issued.
  • Oct
    18
    2024
    Ohio
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway not divided. Citation issued.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

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No MC, FF or MX docket on FMCSA's registration for this motor carrier, so there are no insurance filings to show. FMCSA collects filings only from registered for-hire authorities; other motor carriers keep proof of insurance (MCS-90) at their place of business.

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Ohio (HQ) 4