Carrier profile · USDOT 1628543 · MC-1098042 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ben Gordon Trucking LLC

23 power unitsavg 18 yrRegional · 3 statesHOWARD CITY, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1098042 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 6.0 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

16 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 23-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
27%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 13, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 13 total · 4 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20243113
20232102
20201011
20191001
20171001
20151001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026PA00Yes
Oct 17, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 11, 2025MI01Yes
Oct 29, 2024MI01Yes
Jul 11, 2024MI10Yes
Apr 8, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 20, 2023MI10Yes
Apr 9, 2023PA00Yes
Feb 27, 2020OH01Yes
Jan 29, 2019MI00Yes
Jul 31, 2017IN00Yes
Feb 1, 2015MI00Yes
Nov 13, 2013OH00Yes