Carrier profile · USDOT 304808 · MC-620731 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Highway Mail Company

20 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 12 statesGRANGER, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-620731 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 44.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 20.8 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 20-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
19%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
38%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

19 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False logs
6Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 2 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241011
20232002
20211001
20201001
20172101
20161001
20141001
20131001
20123013
20104004
20081001
20031011
20011011
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 20, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 5, 2025MO01Yes
Jan 11, 2024IA01Yes
Sep 21, 2023IA00Yes
Jun 21, 2023IN00Yes
Dec 10, 2021SD00Yes
Mar 28, 2020PA00Yes
May 28, 2017SD10No
May 16, 2017IA00Yes
Apr 5, 2016UT00Yes
Jan 16, 2014IA00Yes
Oct 9, 2013IA00Yes
Sep 1, 2012IL00Yes
May 30, 2012IA00Yes
Apr 6, 2012NY01Yes
May 17, 2010IA00Yes
Feb 20, 2010IA00Yes
Jan 13, 2010IN00Yes
Jan 7, 2010IA00Yes
Jan 17, 2008IA00Yes
Feb 3, 2003IA01Yes
Aug 4, 2001SD01Yes
Jul 1, 1998IA01Yes