Carrier profile · USDOT 3176162 · MC-122690 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

FORCE TRANSPORTATION INC

105 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 36 statesJOHNSTON, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-122690 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 42.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 121 vehicle and 232 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.3% · 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 10.0 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

226 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 22

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 105-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
105
Inspections · 24 mo
232
Annualized
≈116 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
75%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
89%
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 Driving160 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance76 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 37 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance39 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

85 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

41ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
34False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 12 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265024
20254014
20247047
20232002
20226016
20215015
20203033
20191011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026NJ00Yes
May 15, 2026MO00Yes
May 15, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 22, 2026NJ03Yes
Feb 13, 2026CT01No
Aug 15, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 7, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 25, 2025TN02Yes
Jan 6, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 10, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 2, 2024MD01Yes
Oct 31, 2024MS01Yes
Aug 3, 2024KY00Yes
Jun 24, 2024CA01Yes
May 14, 2024AL00Yes
Apr 11, 2024FL01Yes
Feb 24, 2023WV00Yes
Jan 26, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 23, 2022VA00Yes
Sep 27, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 14, 2022NJ04Yes
Jun 2, 2022MO00Yes
Feb 17, 2022MO00Yes
Feb 8, 2022PA00Yes
Nov 12, 2021AZ00Yes