Carrier profile · USDOT 319570 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lakes Gas Co

169 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 8 statesWYOMING, MN94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkslakesgas.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 17.7%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 — 79 vehicle and 89 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.1% · 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 7.5 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

88 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 169-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
169
Inspections · 24 mo
89
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther6 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 47 total · 3 in 24 mo

47
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20251001
20243013
20232002
20222022
20214004
20201011
20191001
20172022
20164014
20153003
20145014
20131001
20101001
20082002
20071001
20061001
20053023
20042012
20031001
20011010
20001011
19981001
19971001
19941010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 28, 2026WI01Yes
Jan 22, 2026MN01Yes
Feb 21, 2025WI00Yes
Jun 5, 2024WI01Yes
Mar 25, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MN00Yes
Dec 19, 2023WI00Yes
Apr 13, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 27, 2022MN01Yes
Jan 5, 2022WI01Yes
Sep 7, 2021WI00Yes
Mar 1, 2021MN00Yes
Feb 19, 2021WI00Yes
Feb 4, 2021MN00Yes
Jan 6, 2020WI01Yes
Jan 5, 2019MN00Yes
Dec 19, 2017MN03Yes
Jan 17, 2017MN01Yes
Dec 21, 2016MN00Yes
Oct 3, 2016MN00Yes
Jan 21, 2016MN00Yes
Jan 2, 2016MN01Yes
Sep 1, 2015WI00Yes
Jul 17, 2015WI00Yes
Feb 5, 2015MN00Yes