Carrier profile · USDOT 2317693 · MC-791331 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Horizon Midwest Inc

385 power unitsavg 13 yrNational · 30 statesCLEVELAND, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-791331 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 30.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 333 vehicle and 474 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.4% · 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 6.6 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

458 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 31

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 385-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
385
Inspections · 24 mo
474
Annualized
≈237 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving205 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance189 · 54 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance88 · 69 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance82 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance77 · 18 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance68 · 41 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

69 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

48ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
3False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 93 total · 22 in 24 mo

93
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268028
20258018
2024130612
2023141713
20228008
2021120212
20205035
20196016
20184023
20174004
20166036
20154023
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 18, 2026TN00Yes
May 15, 2026IN00Yes
May 7, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 7, 2026OH01Yes
Apr 2, 2026MN00Yes
Mar 6, 2026KY01Yes
Feb 10, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 7, 2026VA00Yes
Dec 2, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 11, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 18, 2025WI00Yes
Jun 11, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 2, 2025VA02Yes
May 16, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 18, 2025CO00Yes
Feb 6, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 26, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 31, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 23, 2024CO01Yes
Oct 16, 2024SC01Yes
Oct 4, 2024CO00Yes
Aug 19, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 18, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 3, 2024OH01Yes
Jul 3, 2024TX03Yes