Carrier profile · USDOT 518491 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FRONTIER DISTRIBUTING INC

31 power unitsavg 7 yrRegional · 6 statesOXFORD, MI88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksfrontierdistributing.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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 3

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 31-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 21, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20232012
20222012
20211001
20203003
20191011
20171001
20161001
20151011
20142012
20122112
20052002
19991010
19981010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 16, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 3, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 1, 2023MI01Yes
Feb 21, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 18, 2022MI00Yes
May 27, 2022MI01Yes
Nov 2, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 28, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 16, 2020MI00Yes
Feb 7, 2020MI00Yes
Jun 26, 2019MI01Yes
Mar 6, 2017OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2016MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2015MI01Yes
Sep 9, 2014MI02Yes
May 19, 2014OH00Yes
Feb 22, 2012MI01Yes
Jan 23, 2012MI10Yes
Sep 26, 2005MI00Yes
Feb 21, 2005MI00Yes
May 18, 1999MI01No
Oct 14, 1998MI01No