ATARFSTEN TRANSFER INC 94

ARFSTEN TRANSFER INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 16.0% (24-mo)25 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0% (24-mo)59 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

10.5% now● Stable

Holding near 10.5% — under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
59
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving31
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 05/01/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 29 total · 2 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20231001
20222002
20202002
20191001
20182012
20131001
20111011
20103023
20071001
20062012
20052002
20041001
20011011
20001001
19982002
19952012
19921011
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
12/30/2025MN00Yes
03/11/2025MN00Yes
07/14/2023IN00Yes
12/07/2022MN00Yes
02/10/2022WI00Yes
02/21/2020MN00Yes
01/11/2020MN00Yes
06/13/2019MN00Yes
12/14/2018ND01Yes
10/01/2018WI00Yes
01/27/2013MN00Yes
07/16/2011UT01Yes
10/29/2010CA03Yes
04/26/2010CA00Yes
04/06/2010IA01Yes
12/04/2007WI00Yes
11/06/2006CA02Yes
04/04/2006CA00Yes
12/31/2005MN00Yes
01/25/2005CA00Yes
10/20/2004CA00Yes
05/18/2001NE01Yes
09/23/2000WY00Yes
12/23/1998IN00Yes
09/26/1998UT00Yes