Carrier profile · USDOT 216132 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Heartland Co-op

213 power unitsavg 9.4 yrLocal · 2 statesCLIVE, IA81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 19.5 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 4

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 213-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
213
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 11, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 54 total · 8 in 24 mo

54
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254023
20243013
20234014
20223003
20214114
20202022
20192002
20181001
20163023
20151101
20143013
20133013
20114014
20103023
20091001
20083023
20072002
20041010
20032002
20021011
20012020
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026IA00Yes
Apr 16, 2026IA00Yes
Sep 2, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 30, 2025IA03Yes
Apr 9, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 2, 2025IA01No
Sep 23, 2024IA00Yes
Sep 23, 2024IA01Yes
Jun 14, 2024IA00Yes
Oct 19, 2023IA00Yes
Sep 22, 2023IA00Yes
Jul 17, 2023IA01Yes
Jan 24, 2023IA00Yes
Oct 18, 2022IA00Yes
Aug 25, 2022IA00Yes
Mar 7, 2022IA00Yes
Dec 29, 2021IA10Yes
Oct 4, 2021IA02Yes
Mar 19, 2021IA00Yes
Feb 2, 2021IA00Yes
Oct 28, 2020IA01Yes
Apr 3, 2020IA01Yes
Sep 3, 2019IA00Yes
Feb 5, 2019IA00Yes
Jun 18, 2018IA00Yes