Carrier profile · USDOT 38073 · MC-63838 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

BOLUS FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

125 power unitsavg 7.5 yrMulti-region · 10 statesSCRANTON, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-63838 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbolusfreight.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 14.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 139 vehicle and 216 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 3.4 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

209 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 15

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 125-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
125
Inspections · 24 mo
216
Annualized
≈108 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
42%
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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 22 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
5False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 302 total · 1 in 24 mo

302
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
132
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242012
20238018
20229038
20218118
20205035
2019100110
2018131611
2017160515
2016151815
2015211620
2014150513
20139039
2012131612
2011120610
2010130511
200910069
200810157
2007130710
20068065
20058027
20048048
2003110510
20028155
2001120710
20006055
19997045
19983003
19975015
19967156
19956035
19947067
19932001
19921111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 20, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 2, 2024MA00Yes
Jun 11, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 26, 2023CT00Yes
Aug 24, 2023NJ00Yes
Jul 25, 2023PA00Yes
May 31, 2023PA00Yes
May 10, 2023PA01Yes
Feb 14, 2023PA00Yes
Feb 6, 2023CT00Yes
Feb 3, 2023NY00Yes
Oct 24, 2022CT01Yes
Oct 13, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 11, 2022NY00Yes
May 16, 2022PA01No
Apr 19, 2022NY01Yes
Apr 11, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 15, 2022PA00Yes
Mar 9, 2022PA00Yes
Jan 26, 2022NY00Yes
Dec 13, 2021OH10Yes
Jun 10, 2021PA00Yes
May 19, 2021PA00Yes
Apr 5, 2021NY03Yes
Mar 5, 2021CT00Yes