Carrier profile · USDOT 1098487 · MC-452331 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Columbus Courier & Freight Company LLC

22 power unitsavg 4.1 yrRegional · 4 statesGROVEPORT, OH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-452331 ACTIVE
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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 22.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 2.8 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 22-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
9%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
40%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 1 OOS
  • 392.3 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 390.403 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regs (general)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

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

Crash history· 15 total · 4 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20242012
20233013
20191011
20172002
20151001
20142012
20121001
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2026MI01Yes
Oct 8, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 12, 2024OH01Yes
Oct 1, 2024OH00Yes
Jul 26, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 26, 2023OH01Yes
Feb 13, 2023OH00Yes
Oct 31, 2019OH01Yes
Oct 18, 2017OH00Yes
Feb 8, 2017OH00Yes
Dec 17, 2015OH00Yes
Aug 22, 2014WV03Yes
Aug 18, 2014OH00Yes
May 21, 2012OH00Yes
Jul 21, 2011OH01Yes