Carrier profile · USDOT 2258095 · MC-770605 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

Excel Trucking LLC

140 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 29 statesGROVE CITY, OH74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-770605 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksexceltrucking.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 41.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 155 vehicle and 250 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.4% · 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 1.5 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

244 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 20

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 140-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
140
Inspections · 24 mo
250
Annualized
≈125 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
88%
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 Driving115 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance75 · 23 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance52 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 38 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 13 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 23 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 94 total · 14 in 24 mo

94
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20257027
2024101210
20234004
20228048
2021110311
2020101310
20197037
2018150514
20174014
20167127
20154014
20143013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2026OH00Yes
Mar 28, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 28, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 25, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 14, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 28, 2025OH00Yes
May 27, 2025CA02Yes
Apr 2, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 30, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 16, 2025AZ02Yes
Jan 10, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 9, 2024MD00Yes
Sep 27, 2024NJ02Yes
Sep 19, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 17, 2024MI00Yes
Jun 19, 2024TX10Yes
Apr 23, 2024OH01Yes
Apr 5, 2024AZ00Yes
Feb 27, 2024PA00Yes
Feb 4, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 30, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2023OH00Yes
Aug 4, 2023PA00Yes
May 26, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 15, 2023OH00Yes