Carrier profile · USDOT 1067526 · MC-445292 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

AG NEEDS INC

114 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 21 statesSMITHFIELD, UT66/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-445292 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 28.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 187 vehicle and 364 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.2% · 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 13.9 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

342 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 26

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 114-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
114
Inspections · 24 mo
364
Annualized
≈182 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving161 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance48 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 19 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

62 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
14False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 32 total · 4 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20247017
20232112
20223013
20214124
20204004
20161001
20155015
20131001
20111001
20071001
20041010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 2, 2025CA00Yes
Jan 2, 2025WY00Yes
Oct 29, 2024WY00Yes
Oct 29, 2024WY00Yes
May 28, 2024UT00Yes
Feb 20, 2024CO00Yes
Feb 11, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 9, 2024AZ00Yes
Jan 27, 2024AZ01Yes
Dec 21, 2023ID02Yes
Jun 2, 2023AZ20Yes
Oct 9, 2022UT00Yes
Jun 16, 2022CO01Yes
Jan 10, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 3, 2021ID01Yes
Jul 15, 2021AZ11Yes
Jul 7, 2021AZ00Yes
Jan 27, 2021AZ00Yes
Dec 27, 2020WI00Yes
Nov 21, 2020AZ00Yes
Aug 6, 2020IA00Yes
Feb 3, 2020UT00Yes
Jan 21, 2016WA00Yes
Dec 30, 2015CA00Yes
Aug 6, 2015MT01Yes