Carrier profile · USDOT 73670 · MC-74169 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

CHIEFTAIN VAN LINES INC

9 power unitsavg 4.5 yrLocal · 2 statesRALSTON, NE50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-74169 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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

Vehicle OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 9-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: 9
Inspections · 24 mo: 2
Annualized: ≈1 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

5measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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.

393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 7 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 9 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	1	1	1	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2012	1	0	0	1
1996	1	0	0	1
1995	1	0	0	1
1994	2	0	1	2
1993	1	0	0	1
1990	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Apr 21, 2024	NE	1	1	Yes
Apr 18, 2018	IL	0	0	Yes
Jun 14, 2012	CA	0	0	Yes
Jul 9, 1996	NE	0	0	Yes
Oct 9, 1995	NE	0	0	Yes
Jul 13, 1994	TX	0	1	Yes
Mar 2, 1994	VA	0	0	Yes
Dec 9, 1993	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 6, 1990	CO	0	0	Yes