Carrier profile · USDOT 474399 · MC-251688 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ADVANTAGE TRANSPORT LTD

21 power unitsavg 10 yrMulti-region · 15 statesMARIBEL, WI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-251688 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 11.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 6.2 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 4, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 1 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20211010
20203003
20181001
20173022
20121001
20102002
20092002
20071001
20031001
20011001
19982012
19931010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 13, 2025NV00Yes
Jun 8, 2023WI00Yes
Jun 9, 2021TX01No
Oct 6, 2020WI00Yes
Mar 15, 2020WI00Yes
Mar 6, 2020WI00Yes
Jul 30, 2018MD00Yes
May 24, 2017IL00Yes
May 12, 2017MI01Yes
Apr 5, 2017WI01No
Sep 30, 2012WI00Yes
Dec 21, 2010MN00Yes
Jul 22, 2010WI00Yes
Feb 21, 2009WI00Yes
Jan 27, 2009WI00Yes
Apr 5, 2007WI00Yes
Apr 14, 2003WI00Yes
Jun 22, 2001WI00Yes
Oct 16, 1998WI00Yes
Mar 11, 1998WI01Yes
Mar 2, 1993MI02No