Carrier profile · USDOT 1746040 · MC-639247 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Autobahn USA Freight Lines Ltd

86 power unitsavg 7 yrMulti-region · 12 statesROMULUS, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-639247 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksautobahnfreight.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 39.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 88 vehicle and 142 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.6% · 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 8.3 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

138 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 10

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 86-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
86
Inspections · 24 mo
142
Annualized
≈71 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
98%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 28 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance32 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

90 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
26False logs
28Drove over hours

Trending worse — 62% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 98 total · 15 in 24 mo

98
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20259119
20248047
20232012
20222002
20214013
20206116
2019140614
2018101110
2017100310
2016150515
20158028
20141001
20132011
20123113
20111001
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 17, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 18, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 27, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 30, 2025MO00Yes
Jul 24, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 4, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 20, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 15, 2025OH10Yes
Feb 13, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 2, 2025MI01Yes
Dec 13, 2024MI01Yes
Dec 7, 2024TX01Yes
Dec 2, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 12, 2024OH02Yes
Aug 13, 2024OH00Yes
Jun 12, 2024TX01No
Jun 7, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 28, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 22, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 23, 2023MI01Yes
Nov 18, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 4, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 16, 2021OH01No
Jun 2, 2021TX00Yes