Carrier profile · USDOT 2512490 · MC-871455 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Columbus Logistics Inc

DBA COLUMBUS LOGISTICS

25 power unitsavg 9.5 yrMulti-region · 14 statesCOLUMBUS, OH87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-871455 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 25.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 8.3 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 8

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 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
10False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 46 total · 2 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242012
20237026
20224004
2021180518
20209039
20194014
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 14, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 5, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 2, 2024KY01Yes
Aug 21, 2023KY00Yes
Jun 8, 2023WV00Yes
May 12, 2023NY01Yes
Mar 23, 2023WI00Yes
Mar 13, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 27, 2023OH00Yes
Jan 15, 2023MO01No
Dec 23, 2022OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2022KY00Yes
Feb 11, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 2, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 29, 2021OH00Yes
Aug 21, 2021MO01Yes
Aug 17, 2021VA00Yes
Jul 30, 2021MO02Yes
Jul 29, 2021IN00Yes
Jul 28, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 25, 2021IN00Yes
May 9, 2021IL02Yes
May 9, 2021IN00Yes
Apr 28, 2021PA00Yes
Apr 26, 2021MO00Yes