Carrier profile · USDOT 715283 · MC-329253 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CARAVAN LOGISTICS INC

DBA CARAVAN GROUP OF COMPANIES

104 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 29 statesOAKVILLE, ON88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-329253 ACTIVE
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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 16.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 121 vehicle and 186 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.8% · 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 11.5 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

181 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 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 104-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
104
Inspections · 24 mo
186
Annualized
≈93 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
63%
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 Driving95 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 22 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

70 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

56ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 121 total · 9 in 24 mo

121
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
36
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20257107
20242002
20235015
20226026
2021100010
20202012
20194014
20181011
20175015
20162022
20157027
20143003
20134014
20122122
20112012
20107017
20095015
20087056
20072012
20063003
2005100310
20044024
20034034
20023032
20015024
20003003
19994004
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 24, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 22, 2026MI00Yes
Sep 12, 2025MT00Yes
Aug 11, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 2, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 30, 2025IN10Yes
Jan 23, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 11, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 18, 2024WV00Yes
Jan 12, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 9, 2023NC01Yes
Jun 25, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 10, 2023IL00Yes
Apr 9, 2023OH00Yes
Dec 23, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 12, 2022MO02Yes
Oct 18, 2022IL01Yes
May 31, 2022MI00Yes
May 25, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 6, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 14, 2021IN00Yes
Dec 10, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 5, 2021IL00Yes