Carrier profile · USDOT 420791 · MC-579940 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Alter Trading Corporation

392 power unitsavg 10.3 yrMulti-region · 12 statesDAVENPORT, IA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-579940 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 27.5%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 — 40 vehicle and 70 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 5.7 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 6

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 392-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
392
Inspections · 24 mo
70
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 116 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 71 total · 7 in 24 mo

71
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
32
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256016
20244014
20213023
20201011
20195024
20183012
20175014
20164024
20154023
20135034
20122012
20111011
20105005
20092012
2008100610
20062011
20051001
20043022
20032022
19991011
19981010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026MS00Yes
Aug 25, 2025IA00Yes
Jul 23, 2025IA00Yes
May 2, 2025MS01Yes
May 1, 2025MS00Yes
Feb 21, 2025AR00Yes
Feb 5, 2025NE00Yes
May 20, 2024MN00Yes
Apr 24, 2024IL00Yes
Mar 14, 2024NE00Yes
Feb 8, 2024NE01Yes
Sep 28, 2021IL00Yes
Mar 5, 2021WI01Yes
Feb 3, 2021WI02Yes
Jul 6, 2020IL01Yes
Jun 27, 2019IA00Yes
Jun 23, 2019IN00Yes
Jun 17, 2019AR00Yes
Mar 13, 2019IA01No
Mar 1, 2019NE01Yes
Oct 17, 2018WI00Yes
Jun 25, 2018IL01No
Mar 19, 2018IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2017IA00Yes
Jul 3, 2017WI01No