Carrier profile · USDOT 663530 · MC-310349 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lucas Refrigerated Transport Inc

21 power unitsavg 7.5 yrRegional · 3 statesCALGARY, AB100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-310349 ACTIVE

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 7.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 37 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 4.3 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 6

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 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
37
Annualized
19 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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.

  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.40 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 10 total · 0 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20222011
20211001
20201011
20191001
20181001
20171001
20151001
20131001
20021110
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 2, 2022WA00Yes
Jun 21, 2022ID01No
Sep 6, 2021OR00Yes
May 15, 2020ID01Yes
Feb 11, 2019WA00Yes
Feb 26, 2018AZ00Yes
Feb 1, 2017CA00Yes
Jul 16, 2015WA00Yes
Jan 21, 2013WA00Yes
Sep 21, 2002ID11No