Carrier profile · USDOT 2968742 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Heartland Coca-cola Bottling Company LLC

DBA HEARTLAND COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY

495 power unitsavg 11.1 yrRegional · 3 statesOLATHE, KS88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksheartlandcocacola.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 18.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 61 vehicle and 102 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.8% · 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 7.8 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 12

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 495-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
495
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

1%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
33%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 7 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 61 total · 10 in 24 mo

61
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20257065
20243013
2023112311
20228117
20215005
20205024
20197017
2018111410
20173013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 21, 2026IL01Yes
Oct 30, 2025IL01Yes
Oct 16, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 5, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 24, 2025MO01Yes
Jun 11, 2025IL01No
Feb 12, 2025MO02Yes
Jan 10, 2025MO02No
Dec 9, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 17, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 14, 2024MO01Yes
Nov 20, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 3, 2023IL12Yes
Oct 13, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 20, 2023MO01Yes
May 23, 2023IL00Yes
May 3, 2023IL00Yes
Apr 4, 2023MO01Yes
Apr 1, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 31, 2023IA00Yes
Feb 16, 2023MO10Yes
Jan 25, 2023KS00Yes
Dec 1, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 1, 2022MO00Yes
Aug 1, 2022MO20Yes