Carrier profile · USDOT 82004 · MC-301257 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Hiland Dairy Foods Company LLC

DBA HILAND DAIRY FOODS

1,437 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 12 statesSPRINGFIELD, MO88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-301257 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkshilanddairy.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 19.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 252 vehicle and 369 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 7.0 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

405 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 41

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 1,437-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
1,437
Inspections · 24 mo
410
Annualized
≈205 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving149 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance91 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 34 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
5False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 373 total · 41 in 24 mo

373
Total crashes
41
In last 24 mo
10
Fatal
174
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264033
20252401121
20242721423
2023141414
2022130812
2021191419
2020110311
2019180916
20182101121
2017140613
2016150414
2015120612
20149039
20135034
2012100210
20116036
20108027
20095035
200810089
2007131613
20067066
20057017
20044004
2003130711
20028047
20015045
20006026
1999121812
19984033
19979045
199610176
19955024
19946036
19937347
199210059
19912011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 27, 2026MO01Yes
Mar 30, 2026TX01No
Mar 2, 2026AR02Yes
Jan 21, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 27, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 15, 2025IA01Yes
Dec 15, 2025NE01Yes
Dec 10, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 5, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 25, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 4, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 15, 2025TX01No
Oct 3, 2025AR01Yes
Sep 28, 2025OK00Yes
Sep 18, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 5, 2025NE00Yes
May 8, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 29, 2025MO01Yes
Apr 22, 2025MO01Yes
Apr 18, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2025NE00Yes
Mar 24, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 6, 2025TX01No
Mar 3, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MO01No