Carrier profile · USDOT 576568 · MC-279799 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Christenson Transportation Inc

190 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 34 statesSTRAFFORD, MO63/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-279799 NO AUTHORITYRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkschristensontrans.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 26.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 143 vehicle and 351 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.9% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.0 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

337 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 24

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 190-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
190
Inspections · 24 mo
351
Annualized
≈176 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
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 Driving157 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 44 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

42ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
13False logs
19Drove over hours

Trending worse — 62% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 188 total · 9 in 24 mo

188
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
82
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20252002
2024110210
2023100310
20227126
20217037
2020110610
20194024
20184034
20177017
20166026
20156006
20142012
20137027
20125024
20116035
20106026
20096136
20089048
20078087
20068147
20057056
20046045
20037046
20023113
20018028
20006055
19999059
19984004
19973123
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026NE01Yes
Mar 29, 2026IA00Yes
Jan 15, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 25, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 14, 2025LA00Yes
Dec 20, 2024VA01Yes
Oct 28, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 28, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 3, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 7, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 5, 2024FL01No
Jul 18, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 20, 2024TN00Yes
May 29, 2024LA00Yes
Mar 8, 2024TN00Yes
Feb 10, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 10, 2023GA00Yes
Oct 24, 2023MD01Yes
Oct 3, 2023GA01Yes
Aug 1, 2023KY00Yes
Jul 20, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2023TN01Yes
May 20, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 3, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 9, 2023TN00Yes