Carrier profile · USDOT 1495657 · MC-562274 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

ELDON FREIGHTWAYS INC

16 power unitsavg 9.4 yrRegional · 6 statesELDON, MO74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-562274 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkseldonfreightways.comFMCSA SAFER

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 40.0%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 — 5 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 12.5 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

13 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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 16-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

4%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 33 total · 2 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20241001
20231001
20223003
20211001
20201001
20182012
20171001
20161001
20152022
20142012
20136136
20121011
20111011
20101001
20082002
20074033
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 9, 2025IN00Yes
May 16, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 25, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 21, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 23, 2022MO00Yes
Aug 30, 2022IL00Yes
May 3, 2022MO00Yes
Jun 29, 2021IL00Yes
Apr 20, 2020IL00Yes
Dec 21, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 16, 2018TN02Yes
Feb 9, 2017IL00Yes
Jun 3, 2016IN00Yes
Nov 23, 2015IL01Yes
Feb 16, 2015OK01Yes
Jun 17, 2014MO02Yes
Mar 11, 2014IL00Yes
Dec 20, 2013MO01Yes
Jul 26, 2013MO01Yes
Mar 6, 2013MO00Yes
Feb 22, 2013MO00Yes
Feb 3, 2013MO10Yes
Jan 9, 2013MO01Yes
Jan 13, 2012MO01Yes
Oct 10, 2011MO01Yes