Carrier profile · USDOT 2100819 · MC-850279 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Elder Logistics Inc

162 power unitsavg 9.2 yrMulti-region · 10 statesPUYALLUP, WA57/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-850279 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMATUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
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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 25.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 172 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · 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 5.0 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

164 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 19

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 162-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
162
Inspections · 24 mo
172
Annualized
≈86 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
67%
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 Driving101 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 28 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

58 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
10False logs
6Drove over hours

12 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 2 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243013
20234013
20223003
20212012
20202002
20193003
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 15, 2024WA01Yes
Sep 26, 2024WA00Yes
Feb 21, 2024OR00Yes
Jul 18, 2023OR00Yes
May 23, 2023WA01No
May 2, 2023WA00Yes
Mar 16, 2023OR00Yes
Aug 24, 2022WA00Yes
Aug 17, 2022OR00Yes
Jan 4, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 16, 2021OR01Yes
Jul 1, 2021WA00Yes
Oct 14, 2020OR00Yes
Jan 7, 2020OR00Yes
Dec 6, 2019WA00Yes
Nov 21, 2019OR00Yes
Aug 2, 2019WA00Yes
Oct 19, 2015WA00Yes