Carrier profile · USDOT 589271 · MC-286746 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Elite Carriers LLC

70 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 17 statesMERRILL, WI77/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-286746 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 29.4%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 — 17 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 3.1 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 8

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 70-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
70
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
18 / yr
Coverage
0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 117 total · 2 in 24 mo

117
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
44
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20243003
20231001
20223013
20213003
20203022
20192012
20186016
20174004
20164033
20153123
20144024
20138068
20125025
20115035
20106006
20097036
200810059
2007101310
20068038
20057126
20043003
20033023
20022022
20012002
20001010
19991001
19982002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 14, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 9, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 24, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 1, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 24, 2023WI00Yes
Nov 27, 2022IL00Yes
Apr 12, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2022PA01Yes
Dec 13, 2021MI00Yes
Aug 6, 2021VA00Yes
Jun 1, 2021IN00Yes
Jul 30, 2020PA01No
Mar 19, 2020IA01Yes
Jan 4, 2020IL00Yes
Nov 12, 2019WI01Yes
Feb 10, 2019IN00Yes
Dec 27, 2018WI01Yes
Dec 2, 2018WI00Yes
Aug 1, 2018IN00Yes
Jun 8, 2018IL00Yes
Jun 8, 2018OH00Yes
Jan 28, 2018NJ00Yes
Mar 2, 2017WI00Yes
Feb 20, 2017WI00Yes
Jan 24, 2017OH00Yes