Carrier profile · USDOT 309419 · MC-552721 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Buchholz Transport Inc

49 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 4 statesPIGEON, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-552721 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 21.1%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 — 19 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 8.5 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 5

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 49-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242002
20231011
20221001
20215024
20181001
20161001
20141001
20131101
20051101
20021101
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 24, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 21, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 31, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 18, 2023MI01Yes
Nov 4, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 3, 2021MI01No
Sep 13, 2021MI00Yes
Jul 13, 2021MI00Yes
May 15, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 19, 2021MI01Yes
Dec 5, 2018MI00Yes
Jan 15, 2016MI00Yes
Aug 4, 2014MI00Yes
Aug 16, 2013MI10Yes
Oct 29, 2005MI10Yes
Oct 10, 2002MI10Yes
Sep 10, 1991MI01Yes