Carrier profile · USDOT 292091 · MC-184218 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Blue Max Trucking Inc

316 power unitsavg 4.9 yrRegional · 3 statesCHARLOTTE, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-184218 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbluemaxtrucking.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 5.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 287 vehicle and 658 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.5% · 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 1.9 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

639 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 50

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 316-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
316
Inspections · 24 mo
658
Annualized
≈329 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
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 Driving207 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 19 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 1,084 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 324 total · 30 in 24 mo

324
Total crashes
30
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
158
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
2025131511
2024190818
2023201720
20228037
20211711215
2020102310
20192001018
2018150514
2017130613
20162501425
2015181418
2014120912
20134043
20127127
20116053
20103012
20096046
20085035
2007130612
200610049
2005110610
20047056
20038137
20026036
20012011
20006036
19993023
19982012
19979038
19965024
19959089
19946055
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026GA00Yes
May 13, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 22, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 1, 2026NC01Yes
Feb 23, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 30, 2026SC00Yes
Nov 13, 2025SC00Yes
Sep 23, 2025GA10Yes
Sep 23, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 29, 2025SC01Yes
Jul 31, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 16, 2025NC01No
Jul 14, 2025SC01No
May 13, 2025SC00Yes
May 6, 2025SC00Yes
May 2, 2025NC01Yes
Apr 18, 2025SC02Yes
Mar 19, 2025SC00Yes
Feb 6, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 17, 2024SC00Yes
Dec 5, 2024SC02Yes
Nov 19, 2024NC00Yes
Nov 11, 2024SC00Yes
Nov 1, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 25, 2024SC03Yes