Carrier profile · USDOT 65769 · MC-117686 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

Hirschbach Motor Lines LLC

DBA HIRSCHBACH

2,948 power unitsavg 3.5 yrNational · 49 statesDUBUQUE, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-117686 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 23.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,999 vehicle and 4,216 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.0% · 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 3.6 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

4,091 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 224

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 2,948-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
2,948
Inspections · 24 mo
4,218
Annualized
≈2,109 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving1,712 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance561 · 475 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance263 · 90 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance186 · 84 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance103 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance93 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance88 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance88 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance86 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance72 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

411 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

220ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
65False logs
88Drove over hours

Trending worse — 52% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,478 total · 202 in 24 mo

1,478
Total crashes
202
In last 24 mo
46
Fatal
522
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265011349
202510014693
202410152499
20239723496
2022124339122
202110313298
2020110337107
2019105329103
20188602884
20175602154
20165411754
20155631753
20144121739
2013212721
2012251725
2011160415
2010171817
2009160816
2008180718
2007172616
2006241823
20052711127
20042521223
20032421320
2002101410
2001171815
2000140713
1999141812
1998161716
1997120711
1996223921
1995150715
1994161616
199310029
199211177
19917044
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 28, 2026VA00Yes
Jul 25, 2026OK00Yes
Jul 3, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 29, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 16, 2026MD02Yes
Jun 10, 2026AZ00Yes
Jun 8, 2026IN00Yes
May 29, 2026IA00Yes
May 27, 2026NC00Yes
May 20, 2026OH00Yes
May 8, 2026TX03Yes
May 1, 2026CO00Yes
Apr 27, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 26, 2026MD01Yes
Apr 25, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 25, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 23, 2026TN01Yes
Apr 22, 2026OK10Yes
Apr 21, 2026KY00Yes
Apr 17, 2026IL01Yes
Apr 15, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 9, 2026MN00Yes
Apr 7, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 5, 2026NC00Yes