Carrier profile · USDOT 3139125 · MC-97970 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ARAVAN CARGO INC

210 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 46 statesCINCINNATI, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-97970 ACTIVE
Verified linksaravancargo.comFMCSA SAFER

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 28.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 475 vehicle and 961 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.9% · 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

924 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 73

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
210
Inspections · 24 mo
962
Annualized
≈481 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
73%
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 Driving437 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance101 · 78 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance99 · 26 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance77 · 28 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance65 · 26 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance47 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance43 · 22 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

156 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

92ELD device issues
16No log / no ELD
41False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 75 total · 25 in 24 mo

75
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
2025130313
2024170416
2023191718
20224024
2021130013
20203013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 25, 2026WY01Yes
Jun 1, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 16, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 2, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 17, 2026TN01Yes
Dec 18, 2025VA01Yes
Dec 14, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 2, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 5, 2025AZ00Yes
Jun 23, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 15, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 8, 2025NM00Yes
Mar 3, 2025MS00Yes
Feb 17, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 14, 2025MS01Yes
Jan 24, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 13, 2025MO00Yes
Oct 26, 2024CA00Yes
Oct 14, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 2, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 30, 2024NM01Yes
Aug 30, 2024FL01No
Aug 18, 2024KS00Yes