Carrier profile · USDOT 245330 · MC-156588 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Bison Transport Inc

1,428 power unitsavg 6.2 yrNational · 44 statesWINNIPEG, MB88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-156588 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 11.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 852 vehicle and 1,529 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.7% · 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 5.2 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

1,480 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 88

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,428-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,428
Inspections · 24 mo
1,529
Annualized
≈765 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving390 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance197 · 42 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance123 · 20 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance108 · 91 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance84 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance46 · 20 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance43 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

134 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

67ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
20False logs
37Drove over hours

32 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 426 total · 40 in 24 mo

426
Total crashes
40
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
137
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
2025240924
2024241524
2023211621
2022271527
2021201220
2020140314
20192511024
20181601014
2017150415
2016210721
20155015
2014150515
2013110211
20124004
20117037
2010150314
2009130811
2008160315
2007121610
2006170716
2005260924
2004190218
2003112511
20024014
20013003
20002002
19997045
19981101
19975044
19969168
19958036
19922021
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026MN01Yes
May 24, 2026MT00Yes
Mar 26, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 11, 2026NY00Yes
Feb 9, 2026TN01Yes
Jan 16, 2026SD00Yes
Dec 28, 2025IL02Yes
Dec 23, 2025OK01Yes
Dec 12, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 1, 2025CO01Yes
Oct 30, 2025IN01Yes
Oct 27, 2025NY00Yes
Sep 10, 2025ID02Yes
Aug 18, 2025WA01Yes
Aug 6, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 13, 2025MI01Yes
Jun 4, 2025CA00Yes
Jun 4, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 6, 2025WA00Yes
Apr 2, 2025MN01Yes
Mar 28, 2025MT00Yes
Mar 21, 2025WA00Yes
Mar 6, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 5, 2025SD00Yes
Feb 21, 2025MI00Yes