Carrier profile · USDOT 2259042 · MC-1579407 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lakes Logistics Inc

63 power unitsavg 9.4 yrRegional · 3 statesSPIRIT LAKE, IA94/100
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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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 17.2 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

18 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '25 · 3

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
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 63-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
63
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.30 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 42 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 5 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20242021
20231001
20221001
20212022
20202022
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026SD00Yes
Mar 29, 2025SD00Yes
Mar 10, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 28, 2024IA01No
Sep 7, 2024IA01Yes
Mar 2, 2023IA00Yes
Nov 9, 2022IA00Yes
Sep 21, 2021IA01Yes
Mar 13, 2021IA02Yes
Oct 9, 2020SD03Yes
Mar 1, 2020IA01Yes
Nov 27, 2019IA00Yes