Carrier profile · USDOT 391543 · MC-201629 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Mainstream Transportation Inc

62 power unitsavg 9.8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesEAGAN, MN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-201629 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 44.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 123 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

120 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 12

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
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 62-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
62
Inspections · 24 mo
123
Annualized
62 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving70 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance40 · 35 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 16 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
1False logs
8Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 72 total · 2 in 24 mo

72
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20241101
20231001
20221001
20212012
20184023
20172012
20162021
20155045
20146016
20134024
20121011
20114133
20103003
20095035
20083003
20077027
20063003
20054014
20041001
20031011
20023013
20013012
20001001
19981001
19972012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 30, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 5, 2025AR01Yes
Apr 19, 2024TN10Yes
Nov 21, 2023AR00Yes
Mar 17, 2022MS00Yes
Aug 3, 2021MS00Yes
Jul 28, 2021GA01Yes
Dec 12, 2018AR00Yes
Nov 6, 2018AR02Yes
Jun 12, 2018AL00Yes
Apr 19, 2018TN01No
Jul 25, 2017MS01Yes
Jun 6, 2017CA00Yes
Jul 29, 2016TN01No
Apr 29, 2016TN02Yes
Oct 21, 2015KS01Yes
Oct 7, 2015AR01Yes
May 8, 2015CA00Yes
Apr 28, 2015TN01Yes
Mar 6, 2015MS01Yes
Dec 20, 2014TN00Yes
Nov 14, 2014TN00Yes
Apr 22, 2014TN00Yes
Apr 17, 2014TN00Yes
Mar 24, 2014TN01Yes