Carrier profile · USDOT 289530 · MC-1356163 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CORDES INC

35 power unitsavg 12.2 yrLocal · 2 statesBYRON CENTER, MI81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1356163 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 10.2 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 35-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 10 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 64 total · 9 in 24 mo

64
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20257137
20246116
20233023
20224004
20215035
20202002
20194014
20183013
20171001
20121011
20082011
20072022
20062002
20052021
20045015
20031011
20021011
20011101
19971010
19962021
19951011
19941010
19932021
19913023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026MI00Yes
Mar 4, 2026MI01Yes
Sep 9, 2025MI01Yes
Sep 9, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 26, 2025MI12Yes
Aug 8, 2025MI01Yes
Mar 19, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 2, 2025MI00Yes
May 31, 2024OH00Yes
May 24, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 29, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 18, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 8, 2024MI11Yes
Aug 11, 2023MI01Yes
Apr 21, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 28, 2023MI01Yes
Nov 22, 2022MI00Yes
Oct 24, 2022MI00Yes
Sep 8, 2022MI00Yes
Jun 22, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 23, 2021MI00Yes
Jun 28, 2021MI01Yes
Mar 11, 2021MI01Yes