Carrier profile · USDOT 2014604 · MC-709568 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Charger Logistics USA Inc

481 power unitsavg 3.6 yrMulti-region · 14 statesGRIFFITH, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-709568 ACTIVE
Verified linkschargerlogisticsusa.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 15.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 169 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 14.3 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

166 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 12

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 481-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
481
Inspections · 24 mo
169
Annualized
≈85 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving111 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 152 total · 20 in 24 mo

152
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
49
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267127
20255044
2024121511
2023212420
2022140314
2021120312
2020140214
2019260824
2018100410
2017111511
20167046
20154013
20145025
20132022
20121001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 10, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 30, 2026MI01Yes
Apr 16, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 14, 2026MI01Yes
Mar 11, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 4, 2026AR10Yes
Jan 21, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 12, 2025TX01No
Sep 22, 2025TX03Yes
Aug 26, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 23, 2025OH03Yes
Feb 28, 2025MI03Yes
Dec 29, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 20, 2024IN02Yes
Dec 5, 2024IL00Yes
Nov 26, 2024MI01No
Sep 11, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 2, 2024IN01Yes
Aug 27, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 21, 2024MI00Yes
May 22, 2024MI01Yes
Apr 25, 2024AR01Yes
Apr 5, 2024MI10Yes
Feb 8, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 14, 2023MI00Yes