Carrier profile · USDOT 1862117 · MC-673492 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Essential Transport Incorporated

18 power unitsavg 10 yrRegional · 5 statesWEST KELOWNA, BC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-673492 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 29.9 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

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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 18-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
16
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

8%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
36%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 18, 2024. 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
4Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 10 total · 1 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20243023
20232012
20212012
20181011
20111001
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 28, 2024WA01Yes
Jul 21, 2024WA01Yes
Jan 17, 2024WA00Yes
Jun 28, 2023UT04Yes
Apr 12, 2023WA00Yes
Jun 23, 2021WA00Yes
Feb 25, 2021ID01Yes
Jul 30, 2018WA01Yes
Jun 17, 2011CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2010WA00Yes