Carrier profile · USDOT 3717382 · MC-1307083 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Aba Carriers Inc

61 power unitsavg 3.3 yrNational · 38 statesHUBER HEIGHTS, OH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1307083 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 30.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 172 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.8% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 5.5 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

165 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 15

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 61-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
61
Inspections · 24 mo
172
Annualized
≈86 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving79 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
9False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 12 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20256036
20242022
20231001
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 17, 2026IN00Yes
May 1, 2026TN01Yes
Mar 27, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 5, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 22, 2026TX00Yes
Sep 21, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 3, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 2, 2025AL01Yes
Feb 28, 2025PA00Yes
Feb 24, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 19, 2025AR01Yes
Nov 26, 2024WY01Yes
Aug 8, 2024NC01Yes
Aug 29, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 2, 2022WY00Yes