Carrier profile · USDOT 97235 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

LOWE'S HOME CENTERS LLC

DBA LOWE'S

1,377 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 48 statesMOORESVILLE, NC81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkslowes.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 23.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 703 vehicle and 1,097 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.7% · 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 3.1 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

1,060 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 59

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,377-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,377
Inspections · 24 mo
1,109
Annualized
≈555 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

20%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
65%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
74%
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 Driving518 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance283 · 65 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance94 · 65 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving77 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance77 · 77 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance56 · 26 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance52 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving48 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 40 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance47 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 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· 1,459 total · 60 in 24 mo

1,459
Total crashes
60
In last 24 mo
51
Fatal
638
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026140513
20253511534
20243711834
20233701634
20227143067
20219733894
20207643469
20198923685
20189824195
20178532882
20168032977
20157122866
20146012257
20136032357
20124622441
20115211649
20105132643
20094722344
20084411840
20075732253
20064111937
20053601830
20042431119
20032911625
20022301319
20011711217
2000151714
19991511414
19981411114
19977046
19968078
199511169
1994100610
19931011
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026WA00Yes
May 28, 2026WA00Yes
May 20, 2026MO00Yes
May 19, 2026MN00Yes
May 12, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 27, 2026WA01Yes
Apr 27, 2026TN02Yes
Apr 15, 2026MD00Yes
Apr 15, 2026AR00Yes
Apr 9, 2026OH01No
Mar 25, 2026OK01Yes
Mar 4, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 12, 2026WV00Yes
Jan 2, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 16, 2025KY03Yes
Dec 16, 2025TX01No
Dec 6, 2025SC10Yes
Dec 4, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 27, 2025OH02Yes
Nov 17, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 29, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 27, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 24, 2025PA01Yes
Oct 11, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 10, 2025KY00Yes