Carrier profile · USDOT 2382463 · MC-818346 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LIBERTY TRANSIT LLC

50 power unitsavg 8.7 yrNational · 33 statesGRAND RAPIDS, MI68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-818346 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksliberty-transit.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 34.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 47 vehicle and 89 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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 14.6 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

87 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 9

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 50-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
89
Annualized
≈45 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
66%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
77%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance39 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 16 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
10False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 5 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253023
20242002
20238138
20222022
20211011
20201001
20185035
20174024
20162002
20144114
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 16, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 30, 2025PA02Yes
Mar 30, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 21, 2025OH01Yes
Aug 21, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 8, 2024TN00Yes
Dec 3, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 28, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 2, 2023IN12Yes
Nov 1, 2023PA01Yes
Oct 13, 2023MI00Yes
Jun 12, 2023PA01Yes
Jun 2, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 13, 2023NY00Yes
Jan 6, 2022MI01Yes
Jan 5, 2022KY01Yes
Nov 7, 2021MI01Yes
Nov 12, 2020NY00Yes
May 26, 2018NC01Yes
Apr 18, 2018VA00Yes
Feb 10, 2018MS01Yes
Jan 11, 2018NY00Yes
Jan 10, 2018KY01Yes
Dec 29, 2017MI00Yes
Jul 3, 2017DE01Yes