Carrier profile · USDOT 721682 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Christensen Farms & Feedlots Inc

DBA CHRISTENSEN FAMILY FARMS

57 power unitsRegional · 4 statesSLEEPY EYE, MN88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 3

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

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 57-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: 57
Inspections · 24 mo: 6
Annualized: ≈3 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

1measure

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.

392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 12 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	1	0
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	2	0	1	2
2019	1	0	0	1
2017	2	0	1	2
2015	1	0	0	1
2014	1	0	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2010	2	0	2	2
2009	1	0	0	1
2008	2	0	1	2
2007	1	0	1	1
2002	3	1	1	3
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jun 16, 2025	MN	0	0	Yes
Jun 24, 2022	MN	0	1	No
Aug 17, 2021	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 16, 2020	IA	0	1	Yes
Feb 17, 2020	MN	0	0	Yes
Apr 10, 2019	MN	0	0	Yes
Jun 5, 2017	NE	0	1	Yes
Mar 29, 2017	MN	0	0	Yes
Jun 17, 2015	MN	0	0	Yes
Mar 12, 2014	IA	0	1	Yes
Dec 17, 2013	MN	0	0	Yes
Oct 6, 2010	IA	0	1	Yes
Mar 12, 2010	IA	0	1	Yes
Dec 22, 2009	IA	0	0	Yes
Nov 3, 2008	IA	0	1	Yes
Jan 24, 2008	MN	0	0	Yes
Sep 10, 2007	MN	0	2	Yes
Nov 26, 2002	MN	1	2	Yes
Jul 17, 2002	MN	0	0	Yes
Jan 31, 2002	MN	0	0	Yes
May 13, 2000	MN	0	1	Yes
Apr 5, 1999	MN	0	4	Yes