Carrier profile · USDOT 3404421 · MC-1096428 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Artel Logistics Inc

100 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 38 statesMEDINA, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1096428 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 27.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 168 vehicle and 341 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.0% · 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 8.9 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

333 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 29

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
≈1.7 / 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
100
Inspections · 24 mo
341
Annualized
≈171 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving122 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 36 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 13 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20255045
20248148
20233012
20224024
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026FL00Yes
May 23, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 4, 2026CT00Yes
Feb 22, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 25, 2026KY00Yes
Nov 19, 2025MN01Yes
Oct 17, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 9, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 12, 2025WI02Yes
Jan 19, 2025WV02Yes
Dec 15, 2024CA11Yes
Dec 13, 2024GA02Yes
Nov 22, 2024AR00Yes
Jul 24, 2024TX01Yes
Jul 7, 2024CA01Yes
Apr 29, 2024MA00Yes
Feb 4, 2024NV00Yes
Jan 3, 2024UT00Yes
Jul 25, 2023TN01No
Feb 6, 2023MA00Yes
Jan 3, 2023AL00Yes
Oct 27, 2022TN01Yes
Oct 17, 2022NJ02Yes
Sep 6, 2022PA00Yes
Aug 11, 2022OK00Yes