Carrier profile · USDOT 476933 · MC-228157 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Blue Lakes Charters and Tours Inc

0 power unitsavg 4.3 yrLocal · 2 statesCLIO, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-228157 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbluelakes.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 0.0%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 — 79 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 13

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
Vehicle Maintenance
.16measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.91 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.5 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 43 total · 1 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20233103
20222012
20212012
20182002
20172002
20161001
20151010
20145005
20132002
20121011
20111001
20091001
20073013
20063003
20051001
20044004
20031011
20011010
20003032
19992011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 3, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 16, 2024OH00Yes
Oct 27, 2023MI10Yes
Sep 7, 2023MI00Yes
Apr 15, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 19, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 24, 2022MI01Yes
Nov 27, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 11, 2021MI01Yes
Nov 4, 2018MI00Yes
Nov 2, 2018MI00Yes
Oct 10, 2017MI00Yes
Mar 18, 2017MI00Yes
Apr 10, 2016MI00Yes
Aug 25, 2015OH01No
Nov 25, 2014MI00Yes
Oct 12, 2014MI00Yes
Sep 27, 2014MI00Yes
Aug 15, 2014MI00Yes
Jun 26, 2014OH00Yes
Aug 17, 2013MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2013MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2012MI04Yes
Oct 8, 2011MI00Yes
Jun 20, 2009MI00Yes