Carrier profile · USDOT 796618 · MC-354791 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Circle City Carriers LLC

8 power unitsavg 9.9 yrRegional · 6 statesBROWNSBURG, IN76/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-354791 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscirclecitycarriers.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 —24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 14.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 0 vehicle and 7 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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

7 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 1

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 8-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
8
Inspections · 24 mo
7
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · 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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.91 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 32 total · 1 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20222002
20212012
20201001
20192012
2018100410
20173013
20163013
20153013
20143113
20131001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 16, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 22, 2022MN00Yes
Jul 14, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 26, 2021PA00Yes
Aug 31, 2021IL02Yes
Dec 21, 2020PA00Yes
Oct 30, 2019OH00Yes
Jan 19, 2019IL01Yes
Nov 6, 2018MN00Yes
Sep 20, 2018WI00Yes
Aug 20, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 4, 2018WI01Yes
Jun 1, 2018MN00Yes
May 30, 2018IN00Yes
May 8, 2018WI00Yes
Apr 21, 2018WI01Yes
Apr 6, 2018IL01Yes
Feb 9, 2018MI03Yes
Dec 1, 2017WI01Yes
Oct 16, 2017IL00Yes
Jul 15, 2017IL00Yes
Dec 19, 2016IL01Yes
Jan 17, 2016IL00Yes
Jan 12, 2016WI00Yes
Oct 23, 2015WI00Yes