Carrier profile · USDOT 203490 · MC-215439 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CROELL INC

981 power unitsavg 8 yrMulti-region · 13 statesNEW HAMPTON, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-215439 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 21.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 101 vehicle and 193 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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 2.9 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

184 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 16

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 981-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
981
Inspections · 24 mo
193
Annualized
≈97 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving137 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 23 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

4ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 139 total · 22 in 24 mo

139
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
65
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268138
2025110111
20246016
20237037
20221001
20214034
20206016
20196046
20184034
20177027
20163113
2015100710
2014100410
20137067
20124024
20112012
20106146
20094034
20084024
20075045
20063013
20052002
20041011
20023013
20012012
20003012
19991001
19982011
19973023
19962122
19952002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026WY01Yes
Jun 25, 2026WI00Yes
May 15, 2026WI00Yes
Apr 16, 2026IA10Yes
Apr 6, 2026MT01Yes
Mar 14, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 5, 2026IA01Yes
Jan 12, 2026IA00Yes
Dec 5, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 21, 2025WY00Yes
Nov 5, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 7, 2025MT00Yes
Sep 8, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025IA00Yes
May 18, 2025WY00Yes
Apr 29, 2025IA00Yes
Apr 15, 2025OK01Yes
Mar 5, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 11, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 11, 2024IA00Yes
Sep 30, 2024WI00Yes
Aug 22, 2024MT00Yes
Jun 13, 2024IA00Yes
Mar 19, 2024CO00Yes
Feb 2, 2024KS01Yes