Carrier profile · USDOT 163997 · MC-142571 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Garda Cl Great Lakes Inc

310 power unitsRegional · 5 statesBOCA RATON, FL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142571 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksgarda.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 — 6 vehicle and 9 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

9 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 2

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
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 310-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
310
Inspections · 24 mo
9
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.09measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
1%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 178 total · 17 in 24 mo

178
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
72
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20259028
2024110311
20238048
2022130613
2021111610
2020110310
2019120312
2018180914
20179047
2016140413
20159129
2014131812
20137136
20128048
20114013
20105034
20094023
20084023
20071001
20051001
20031010
20022011
20002011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 27, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 4, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 2, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 24, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 23, 2025IN01No
Apr 30, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 20, 2025WI00Yes
Feb 21, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 1, 2025MI01Yes
Jan 13, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 23, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 3, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 16, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 1, 2024MI01Yes
Sep 27, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 11, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 31, 2024MN02Yes
Aug 5, 2024MN00Yes
May 2, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 7, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 16, 2024MI02Yes
Nov 6, 2023IL02Yes
Aug 16, 2023WI00Yes
Aug 11, 2023KY00Yes
Jul 24, 2023IL00Yes