Carrier profile · USDOT 46257 · MC-163711 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Foodliner Inc

DBA FOODLINER

1,226 power unitsavg 8.3 yrNational · 47 statesDUBUQUE, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-163711 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksfoodliner.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 11.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 415 vehicle and 833 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.1% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

809 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 49

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 1,226-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
1,226
Inspections · 24 mo
834
Annualized
≈417 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving466 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance120 · 26 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance76 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 35 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance39 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance34 · 12 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

60 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,007 total · 77 in 24 mo

1,007
Total crashes
77
In last 24 mo
23
Fatal
377
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026290528
20253601432
20245001648
20236201759
20226232259
20215532054
20204911549
20195901357
20185712556
20175001746
2016301930
20152801028
20143711334
20133101428
20122401023
20113512034
20103201231
20093001330
20082901226
2007271727
20063301330
2005251925
2004160716
2003180817
2002162515
20011611012
20008257
19991701017
19988028
1997142614
19968258
19951010
19943133
19935033
19922021
19915043
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026AL00Yes
Jul 5, 2026IN00Yes
Jul 1, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 23, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 18, 2026GA00Yes
Jun 18, 2026NJ00Yes
Jun 16, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 27, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 20, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 6, 2026CA01Yes
Mar 24, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 24, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 23, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 12, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 12, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 9, 2026PA02Yes
Mar 7, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 2, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 14, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 3, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 31, 2026UT01Yes
Jan 18, 2026PA00Yes