Carrier profile · USDOT 517326 · MC-260418 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

LYNCH LOGISTICS INC

29 power unitsavg 4.2 yrRegional · 6 statesBANGOR, ME94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-260418 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkslynchgroup.coFMCSA 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 11.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 26 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 2.1 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 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 29-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
29
Inspections · 24 mo
54
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · 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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.3 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 59 total · 1 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
26
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231001
20202021
20192011
20181001
20171001
20162022
20152002
20141001
20133023
20122020
20112012
20105024
20094024
20083013
20071001
20065005
20052012
20045025
20034014
20022012
20014033
19983022
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 2, 2024ME00Yes
Sep 8, 2023ME00Yes
Feb 19, 2020WV01Yes
Feb 12, 2020VA02No
Aug 2, 2019MA00Yes
Mar 20, 2019OH01No
Oct 11, 2018ME00Yes
May 23, 2017IN00Yes
Nov 28, 2016ME02Yes
Feb 5, 2016ME02Yes
Aug 6, 2015GA00Yes
Feb 2, 2015ME00Yes
Jun 10, 2014ME00Yes
Dec 27, 2013MA00Yes
Feb 15, 2013ME01Yes
Jan 31, 2013ME01Yes
Jul 11, 2012PA01No
May 10, 2012ME01No
Dec 8, 2011ME01Yes
Feb 11, 2011CT00Yes
Aug 4, 2010PA06No
Apr 22, 2010ME00Yes
Feb 10, 2010PA00Yes
Feb 10, 2010PA01Yes
Feb 2, 2010ME00Yes