Carrier profile · USDOT 245349 · MC-161658 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

KARRIERS INC

49 power unitsavg 13.3 yrNational · 23 statesGRAND FORKS, ND74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-161658 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 40.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 104 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 21.0 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

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 8

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
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 49-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
104
Annualized
52 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 19 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 14 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 81 total · 8 in 24 mo

81
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20257037
20241001
20232002
20223023
20216016
20206135
20194034
20182012
20171011
20161001
20142012
20131001
20123023
20112011
20103113
20091010
20074024
20061001
20053013
20043022
20033003
20021001
20013013
20004024
19993003
19981101
19974014
19962012
19952002
19911000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 18, 2026MN01Yes
Oct 22, 2025IN01Yes
Sep 19, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025NV01Yes
May 10, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 18, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 10, 2025ND01Yes
Feb 5, 2024MS00Yes
Nov 9, 2023LA00Yes
Feb 21, 2023WI00Yes
Nov 27, 2022OR01Yes
Jun 20, 2022MN01Yes
Apr 12, 2022MN00Yes
Dec 11, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 15, 2021FL01Yes
Sep 21, 2021IL00Yes
May 30, 2021ND00Yes
May 20, 2021ND00Yes
May 15, 2021WV00Yes
Dec 19, 2020TX02No
Jul 26, 2020TX02Yes
Jun 8, 2020ND00Yes
Apr 14, 2020IL11Yes
Feb 18, 2020NY00Yes