Carrier profile · USDOT 3553743 · MC-1191073 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Fortune Carriers Inc

86 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 41 statesBLUE ASH, OH94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1191073 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 19.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 161 vehicle and 268 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 8.1 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

263 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 86-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
86
Inspections · 24 mo
268
Annualized
≈134 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
32%
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 Driving72 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther6 · 4 OOS
  • 397.3 Hazardous materials transportHM Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 172.600 Other violationOther5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 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.

20ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 12 total · 10 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20256026
20243012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026IN00Yes
May 28, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 11, 2026IL03Yes
Dec 5, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 30, 2025MT00Yes
Jun 23, 2025WI01Yes
Jun 14, 2025CO00Yes
Apr 2, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 3, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 11, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 29, 2024OH00Yes
Jun 24, 2024IL01No