Carrier profile · USDOT 150312 · MC-121608 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

Acme Delivery Service Inc

DBA ACME DISTRIBUTION

37 power unitsavg 10.8 yrRegional · 4 statesAURORA, CO81/100
BROKER AUTHORITY ACTIVEMC-121608 BROKER ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 26.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 18.7 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 3

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 37-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
37
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
13 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
71%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 33 total · 1 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20221001
20211001
20201001
20191001
20182002
20171001
20161001
20071001
20013013
20004014
19981111
19971001
19961001
19951001
19945045
19933012
19921000
19911011
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 8, 2025CO00Yes
Apr 30, 2023CO00Yes
May 17, 2022CO00Yes
Aug 10, 2021CO00Yes
Feb 4, 2020CO00Yes
Oct 10, 2019CO00Yes
Jan 25, 2018NM00Yes
Jan 3, 2018CO00Yes
Mar 6, 2017WY00Yes
Mar 16, 2016CO00Yes
Jan 31, 2007CO00Yes
Dec 20, 2001CO00Yes
Oct 1, 2001CO00Yes
Jul 26, 2001CO01Yes
Dec 8, 2000CO00Yes
Oct 26, 2000CO00Yes
Aug 17, 2000CO00Yes
Feb 18, 2000CO02Yes
Dec 10, 1998CO23Yes
Oct 27, 1997CO00Yes
Dec 17, 1996CO00Yes
Dec 21, 1995CO00Yes
Dec 30, 1994CO01Yes
Dec 30, 1994CO01Yes
Sep 6, 1994CO01Yes