Carrier profile · USDOT 235335 · MC-147193 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Martin's Feed Inc

26 power unitsavg 7.2 yrRegional · 4 statesLYNDEN, WA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147193 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 63.6%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 — 22 vehicle and 46 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 10.6 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 5

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 26-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
46
Annualized
23 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving56 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 15, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 50 total · 1 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20231001
20222002
20212002
20161001
20151001
20142002
20132002
20121001
20113003
20093013
20082002
20072002
20062012
20042002
20033003
20025015
20011001
20003003
19992002
19984024
19971011
19952002
19941101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 1, 2025WA00Yes
Jul 2, 2024WA00Yes
Sep 4, 2023UT00Yes
Apr 28, 2022WA00Yes
Apr 18, 2022WA00Yes
Dec 9, 2021WA00Yes
Mar 29, 2021OR00Yes
Jul 25, 2016WA00Yes
Nov 29, 2015WA00Yes
Oct 20, 2014WA00Yes
Sep 3, 2014WA00Yes
Aug 28, 2013WA00Yes
Jul 25, 2013WA00Yes
Sep 14, 2012WA00Yes
Oct 18, 2011WA00Yes
Jul 2, 2011WA00Yes
Jan 21, 2011WA00Yes
Nov 21, 2009WA00Yes
Nov 16, 2009WA01Yes
Jun 29, 2009WA00Yes
Dec 18, 2008WA00Yes
Jun 9, 2008OR00Yes
Feb 9, 2007WA00Yes
Jan 10, 2007WA00Yes
Dec 15, 2006WA00Yes