Carrier profile · USDOT 165826 · MC-141010 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Contract Transport Inc

48 power unitsavg 12 yrLocal · 2 statesDES MOINES, IA68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-141010 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 35.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 40.0 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 4

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 48-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 9 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 176 total · 5 in 24 mo

176
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
70
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20251011
20231011
20224004
20217027
20204112
20195015
20181001
20173003
20162002
20151001
20146035
20135015
20127036
20112012
20107037
20097036
2008190618
2007100310
2006140414
20059078
20043023
20032002
20026026
20011010
20006136
19997045
19986034
19975024
19968257
19956063
19945115
19932012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2026MN00Yes
Jun 17, 2026IA00Yes
May 27, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 13, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 2, 2025IA01Yes
Nov 30, 2023IA01Yes
Dec 11, 2022MN00Yes
Jul 18, 2022KS00Yes
Apr 30, 2022IA00Yes
Apr 8, 2022IA00Yes
Dec 15, 2021IA01Yes
Dec 9, 2021IA00Yes
Oct 13, 2021IA00Yes
Jul 16, 2021IA00Yes
Jun 12, 2021IA01Yes
May 21, 2021IA00Yes
May 4, 2021IA00Yes
Aug 31, 2020IA00Yes
Aug 17, 2020IA00Yes
Feb 20, 2020IA01No
Jan 6, 2020IA10No
Dec 28, 2019MN00Yes
Dec 28, 2019MN00Yes
Aug 17, 2019MN01Yes
Aug 10, 2019IA00Yes