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Communication Data LinkUSDOT 1473176VR 68/100GRIMES, IA
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Communication Data Link

USDOT
1473176
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Not listed
75 power unitsObserved age 10.5 yrInspected in 1 jurisdictionGRIMES, IA
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONALHAZMAT
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Vektor Rating VR

68/100

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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 37.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

24-mo population · 8 vehicle / 10 driver checks

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling
How to read this trend

Vehicle-level inspections resulting in a vehicle OOS order, pooled over each trailing six-month window. Trending down 61.1 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark measures the same population.

Roadside inspection history· 24 calendar months · current month partial

10 inspections · Dec '24–Nov '26

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS
How to read monthly counts

Monthly FMCSA records across 24 calendar months, including the current partial month. This calendar window differs from the rolling day-level inspection summary. Vehicle and driver populations can overlap within one inspection. The line shows inspections with any OOS result.

Inspection coverage· annual inspections / registered power unit

Annual inspections per registered power unit.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 75-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Nov 2026

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

Recorded violations · ranked by frequency

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 177.834 Other violationOther2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 10 total · 2 in 24 mo

Total crashes
In last 24 mo
Fatal
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20231001
20221001
20211011
20191001
20181001
20162012
20141010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026IA00Yes
May 8, 2026IA02Yes
Sep 26, 2023IA00Yes
Jun 24, 2022IA00Yes
Mar 26, 2021IA02Yes
Sep 26, 2019IA00Yes
Oct 10, 2018IA00Yes
Nov 4, 2016IA00Yes
Apr 18, 2016IA01Yes
Jul 3, 2014IA01No