Carrier profile · USDOT 2313730 · MC-789878 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

MARLOWE GRADING INC

DBA MGI

15 power unitsavg 4.5 yrRegional · 4 statesLEICESTER, NC94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-789878 ACTIVE
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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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 35 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 28.6 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 3

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
≈1.2 / 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
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 20, 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· 14 total · 6 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254004
20241001
20223003
20211011
20201001
20182012
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 15, 2026SC00Yes
Dec 13, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 10, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 20, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 12, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 12, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 22, 2022NC00Yes
Feb 10, 2022TN00Yes
May 19, 2021NC01Yes
Feb 17, 2020NC00Yes
Jun 8, 2018IN01Yes
Apr 3, 2018TN00Yes
Aug 2, 2016NC01Yes