Carrier profile · USDOT 715872 · MC-329396 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Mara Transport Inc

15 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 16 statesUNION, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-329396 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 17.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 38.4 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

34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
34
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 40 total · 5 in 24 mo

40
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20253013
20221001
20202012
20193003
20174004
20153013
20142002
20132012
20121011
20102012
20092012
20072011
20052102
20042012
20031001
20022012
20012012
19992021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 4, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 22, 2026MI01Yes
Dec 29, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 15, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 24, 2025IL01Yes
Dec 20, 2022MO00Yes
Oct 14, 2020WA01Yes
Feb 6, 2020WY00Yes
Sep 4, 2019IL00Yes
Feb 9, 2019OR00Yes
Jan 9, 2019IL00Yes
Nov 4, 2017MO00Yes
Jun 26, 2017IN00Yes
Jan 24, 2017SD00Yes
Jan 11, 2017OH00Yes
Nov 5, 2015IA00Yes
Apr 8, 2015KS00Yes
Feb 4, 2015MO01Yes
Feb 4, 2014IA00Yes
Jan 24, 2014IA00Yes
Nov 20, 2013MI01Yes
Oct 17, 2013MN00Yes
Jan 2, 2012KY08Yes
Oct 11, 2010CA01Yes
Feb 18, 2010IA00Yes