Carrier profile · USDOT 223337 · MC-158033 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Carter Logisteed Express Inc

DBA CARTER EXPRESS INCORPORATED

876 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 29 statesANDERSON, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-158033 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 10.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 393 vehicle and 894 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 7.6 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

859 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 48

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 876-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
876
Inspections · 24 mo
894
Annualized
≈447 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving210 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 24 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance31 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance16 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

54ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
5False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 764 total · 57 in 24 mo

764
Total crashes
57
In last 24 mo
21
Fatal
255
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026250925
20252811527
2024241624
2023301930
2022252824
2021390839
2020230423
20194811247
20183501035
20173601436
20163901536
20154111537
20145112049
20133711433
20124211839
2011301728
2010180417
200910039
2008200719
2007180417
2006191317
2005283626
2004111310
2003160516
2002112411
2001131513
20005035
1999131912
19982012
199710169
19967035
19956016
19941010
19931011
19922022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026AL01Yes
Jun 15, 2026IN00Yes
Jun 10, 2026IN00Yes
Jun 5, 2026TN00Yes
Jun 1, 2026OH00Yes
May 20, 2026TX00Yes
May 13, 2026LA02Yes
May 10, 2026OK01Yes
Apr 24, 2026KY01Yes
Mar 30, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 26, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 25, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 25, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 25, 2026AL03Yes
Mar 19, 2026VA00Yes
Mar 16, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 3, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 2, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 2, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 24, 2026TX02Yes
Jan 20, 2026AL02Yes
Jan 15, 2026TN01Yes
Jan 8, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2026CA01Yes