Carrier profile · USDOT 3512175 · MC-1162901 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Leader Group Inc

65 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 24 statesDYER, IN87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1162901 ACTIVE
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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 26.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 46 vehicle and 129 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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 13.0 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

126 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 11

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 65-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
65
Inspections · 24 mo
129
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance40 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 13 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20258018
20242012
20235014
20221001
20211001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026TX00Yes
May 10, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 6, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 20, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 10, 2025IL01Yes
Oct 18, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 8, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 21, 2025WV00Yes
May 31, 2025MO00Yes
Feb 16, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 10, 2024IL01Yes
Oct 7, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 16, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 9, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 8, 2023TN00Yes
Sep 29, 2023TX01No
Mar 6, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 8, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 13, 2021KY00Yes