Carrier profile · USDOT 2546417 · MC-193709 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Carter Lumber Transport LLC

DBA CARTER LUMBER TRANSPORT

951 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 20 statesKENT, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-193709 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 24.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 393 vehicle and 758 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

746 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 41

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 951-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
951
Inspections · 24 mo
758
Annualized
≈379 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

43%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
90%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
53%
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 Driving297 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance160 · 34 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 52 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 20 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance20 · 20 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 315 total · 52 in 24 mo

315
Total crashes
52
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
114
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026160915
2025210918
2024250623
2023250725
2022211321
2021180517
2020140612
2019130312
2018160515
2017210621
2016120212
201510029
2014132513
20137045
20129239
20113003
20105005
20094013
20084024
20077056
20068145
20054014
20044014
20037164
20024033
20016035
20004041
19992012
19984023
19972012
19952021
19941011
19931010
19912012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 15, 2026DC01Yes
Jun 12, 2026IN01Yes
Jun 11, 2026TN00Yes
May 28, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 10, 2026SC04Yes
Apr 7, 2026MD00Yes
Apr 6, 2026NC04Yes
Mar 19, 2026TN01No
Mar 13, 2026VA01Yes
Feb 27, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 28, 2026GA01Yes
Jan 26, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2026SC02Yes
Jan 13, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 7, 2026SC01Yes
Dec 30, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 11, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 1, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 24, 2025PA01No
Nov 11, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 29, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 7, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 23, 2025OH01No
Sep 15, 2025OH00Yes