Carrier profile · USDOT 674908 · MC-315352 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CIRCLE S TRANSPORT LTD

2 power unitsavg 16.7 yrRegional · 3 statesRONAN, MT50/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-315352 ACTIVE

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative

050%

Driver OOS 50.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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

≈1.0 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 2-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 2
Inspections · 24 mo: 4
Annualized: ≈2 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

90%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

73%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

10measure

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.

395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues

2No log / no ELD

1False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 5 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	1
2008	1	1	1
2007	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2004	1	0	1

Date	State	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 5, 2022	IN	0	Yes
Apr 11, 2008	WV	1	Yes
Jan 17, 2007	VA	0	Yes
Jun 10, 2005	AR	0	Yes
Jan 6, 2004	WA	0	Yes