Carrier profile · USDOT 1731359 · MC-634361 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

A&b Logistics Inc

20 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 22 statesBETTENDORF, IA82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-634361 ACTIVE
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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 21.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 9.1 pts 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 5

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
40
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
15False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242022
20234014
20222012
20212012
20202022
20191001
20172012
20132112
20121001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 20, 2024GA01Yes
May 3, 2024FL01Yes
Jun 4, 2023NM00Yes
Apr 28, 2023CA01Yes
Mar 25, 2023IL00Yes
Mar 24, 2023IA00Yes
Sep 28, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 13, 2022UT01Yes
Nov 20, 2021OK00Yes
Jan 29, 2021CA01Yes
Nov 16, 2020FL02Yes
Sep 10, 2020IL01Yes
Feb 11, 2019MO00Yes
May 20, 2017IL01Yes
Mar 29, 2017NC00Yes
Oct 28, 2013OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2013LA11Yes
Jul 25, 2012FL00Yes
Sep 10, 2010WY00Yes