Carrier profile · USDOT 70289 · MC-119399 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CONTRACT FREIGHTERS INC

DBA HEARTLAND EXPRESS INC OF IOWA

91 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 37 statesJOPLIN, MO81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-119399 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 29.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 768 vehicle and 1,573 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.1% · 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 9.2 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

1,473 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 116

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
≈8.6 / 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
91
Inspections · 24 mo
1,573
Annualized
≈787 / yr
Coverage
≈8.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving649 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance368 · 323 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance288 · 61 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance192 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance129 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance125 · 33 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance80 · 49 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance64 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance40 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

184 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

125ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
21False logs
23Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 3,644 total · 86 in 24 mo

3,644
Total crashes
86
In last 24 mo
123
Fatal
1,322
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269057
20254731943
20247322372
20237612875
20227722177
20219222688
20209163689
2019113444108
2018107128107
2017130247127
2016141342137
2015113831107
2014115232113
2013132533130
2012132546122
2011117526112
2010169463163
2009138638132
2008153541151
2007151458139
200610224793
2005125752116
2004133548129
2003124261108
20029774191
2001124451117
20009753890
19999224881
19985523351
19979114784
19969544291
19958724376
19947733266
19937532963
19926531549
1991200713
19906113
19893001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026MN01Yes
Mar 16, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 13, 2026MS01No
Mar 6, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 24, 2026TX02Yes
Feb 19, 2026FL01No
Jan 21, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 20, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 16, 2026FL01Yes
Dec 29, 2025TX01No
Dec 2, 2025MO01Yes
Dec 2, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 1, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 29, 2025NE00Yes
Nov 19, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 15, 2025TX01No
Nov 11, 2025SC01Yes
Oct 22, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 19, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 30, 2025LA01Yes
Sep 29, 2025VA01Yes
Sep 23, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 2, 2025AR00Yes
Aug 29, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 18, 2025GA10Yes