Carrier profile · USDOT 877027 · MC-674080 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Locomotive Service Inc

50 power unitsavg 11.6 yrMulti-region · 8 statesLAKEWOOD, CO83/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-674080 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkslocomotiveservice.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 28.6%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 — 14 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 20.9 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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 50-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
50
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 172.519 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 27, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 24 total · 3 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20232012
20221001
20211001
20201011
20182002
20171001
20151011
20132012
20123013
20111001
20101001
20091001
20083023
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 26, 2026IL01Yes
Aug 7, 2025AR00Yes
Jan 19, 2025KS00Yes
Mar 15, 2023MT01Yes
Feb 26, 2023AR00Yes
Aug 4, 2022KS00Yes
Jul 4, 2021VA00Yes
Aug 1, 2020GA01Yes
Nov 21, 2018TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2018ND00Yes
Oct 22, 2017MT00Yes
Mar 22, 2015VA01Yes
Aug 11, 2013TX01Yes
May 31, 2013MS00Yes
Sep 9, 2012KS00Yes
Feb 11, 2012TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2012WY02Yes
Dec 19, 2011NM00Yes
Oct 22, 2010NM00Yes
May 16, 2009TX00Yes
Jul 8, 2008TX01Yes
May 12, 2008TX01Yes
Feb 3, 2008NM00Yes
Dec 22, 2007TX00Yes