Carrier profile · USDOT 3063897 · MC-56868 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CIRCLE O INC

1 power unitavg 2.7 yrNational · 19 statesCINCINNATI, OH76/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-56868 INACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 21.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 32 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.0% · 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 8.2 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 15

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈16.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
32
Annualized
≈16 / yr
Coverage
≈16.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

100%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
39%
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 Driving118 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 28 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

86 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 19, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

52ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
15False logs
8Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 3 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2024140513
202310059
20228028
20213003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 22, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 22, 2024WA00Yes
Aug 7, 2024ID00Yes
Jun 23, 2024NM01Yes
Jun 3, 2024TN01Yes
May 9, 2024NY00Yes
Mar 26, 2024WI00Yes
Mar 20, 2024ME01No
Mar 3, 2024UT02Yes
Feb 24, 2024NE00Yes
Feb 21, 2024OH01Yes
Feb 19, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 13, 2024NV00Yes
Jan 11, 2024NM00Yes
Dec 16, 2023MS00Yes
Nov 14, 2023IL02Yes
Oct 15, 2023NM00Yes
Oct 12, 2023TX01Yes
Sep 14, 2023GA01Yes
Sep 14, 2023LA01Yes
Jul 20, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 20, 2023IL01No
Mar 31, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 26, 2023WA00Yes
Dec 13, 2022SD00Yes