Carrier profile · USDOT 2998381 · MC-22756 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LADA TRANS INC

35 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 47 statesMERRILLVILLE, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-22756 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 15.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,021 vehicle and 1,338 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.8% · 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 6.9 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

1,286 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 90

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈19.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
1,339
Annualized
≈670 / yr
Coverage
≈19.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
50%
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 Driving505 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance234 · 44 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance232 · 44 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance120 · 76 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance116 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance83 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance43 · 3 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 35 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance36 · 35 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance32 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

511 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

239ELD device issues
18No log / no ELD
195False logs
24Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 19 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025111511
20248028
20233003
20224024
20211010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 22, 2026KY01Yes
Jun 17, 2026WA00Yes
Jan 10, 2026PA00Yes
Dec 19, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 16, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 23, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 11, 2025TN12Yes
May 12, 2025OK02Yes
Apr 5, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 22, 2025AZ01Yes
Mar 9, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 19, 2025TN01Yes
Feb 7, 2025IL03Yes
Dec 17, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 17, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 10, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 20, 2024NC01Yes
Oct 19, 2024MA01Yes
Jan 19, 2024PA00Yes
Jan 19, 2024NY00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 26, 2023GA00Yes
Jul 7, 2023CO00Yes
Apr 23, 2023IL00Yes