Carrier profile · USDOT 3520080 · MC-1168097 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FRONTLINER INC

125 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 36 statesHAMILTON, OH94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1168097 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 21.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 103 vehicle and 213 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 3.4 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

203 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 16

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 125-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
125
Inspections · 24 mo
213
Annualized
≈107 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving98 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 18 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20259039
20246026
20235015
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 2, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 13, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 25, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 11, 2025IN03Yes
Nov 30, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 14, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 24, 2025MO00Yes
Apr 14, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 14, 2025MO01Yes
Dec 18, 2024NC00Yes
Nov 25, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 21, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 3, 2024FL01Yes
Aug 21, 2024TN01Yes
Jul 1, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 13, 2023SC01Yes
Jul 29, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2023TN00Yes
May 7, 2023MO00Yes
Jan 29, 2023MO00Yes