Carrier profile · USDOT 707214 · MC-327600 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

9048-9493 Quebec Inc

DBA COUTURE EXPRESSWAY

108 power unitsavg 6.7 yrNational · 33 statesST-BENOIT, QC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-327600 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 17.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 158 vehicle and 243 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.1% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady across the window. 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

239 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 16

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 108-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
108
Inspections · 24 mo
243
Annualized
≈122 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

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 Driving77 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving6 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
23Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 54 total · 6 in 24 mo

54
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255005
20242012
20233023
20222022
20212002
20201011
20193003
20185025
20171011
20164014
20153023
20143013
20131001
20111001
20094022
20081011
20071001
20061011
20052022
20042022
20031011
20011100
20002012
19992012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 8, 2026MI00Yes
Sep 3, 2025MN00Yes
Aug 26, 2025OK00Yes
Jul 17, 2025VA00Yes
Jun 17, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 30, 2025NH00Yes
May 22, 2024GA01Yes
Jan 9, 2024MA00Yes
Dec 31, 2023AL00Yes
Nov 27, 2023FL01Yes
May 15, 2023MA01Yes
Dec 15, 2022VA01Yes
Nov 28, 2022NJ01Yes
Nov 17, 2021ME00Yes
Sep 27, 2021MD00Yes
Sep 14, 2020NH01Yes
Nov 17, 2019NY00Yes
Mar 19, 2019IL00Yes
Jan 28, 2019FL00Yes
Nov 28, 2018NY00Yes
Nov 28, 2018VA02Yes
Nov 8, 2018NJ00Yes
May 9, 2018NY00Yes
Jan 17, 2018VT02Yes
Oct 6, 2017NH01Yes