Carrier profile · USDOT 956631 · MC-409065 · Updated Jul 22, 2026

Beer Transportation Inc

36 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 30 statesCOUNCIL BLUFFS, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-409065 ACTIVE
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 109 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 2.0 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 8

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 36-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
109
Annualized
≈55 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · 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 Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance28 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
25False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 50 total · 7 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254023
20243013
20237035
20222002
20216126
20201011
20193013
20182022
20162112
20152012
20142002
20132002
20092022
20081011
20071001
20063003
20051011
20042002
20032012
20011001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 4, 2026TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2025OH01No
Oct 29, 2025NJ00Yes
May 5, 2025CT00Yes
Apr 5, 2025IN01Yes
Dec 4, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 6, 2024OH02Yes
Jan 12, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 15, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 9, 2023NJ01No
Sep 2, 2023MO04Yes
Aug 16, 2023IN00Yes
May 11, 2023SD00Yes
Mar 25, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 27, 2023FL01No
Dec 10, 2022NE00Yes
Jun 25, 2022IL00Yes
Dec 5, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2021DE01Yes
Nov 4, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 7, 2021OH21Yes
Jun 21, 2021FL00Yes
Jan 16, 2021IA00Yes
Nov 16, 2020FL01Yes
Dec 2, 2019NC01Yes