Carrier profile · USDOT 375396 · MC-301278 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MARX DISTRIBUTION INC

2 power unitsavg 5.4 yrRegional · 3 statesSIOUX CITY, IA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-301278 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 1

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 2-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
2
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.33 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 13 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 23 total · 1 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20231001
20181001
20164014
20152012
20142002
20133023
20102012
20091011
20083033
20071011
20041001
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 5, 2025SD00Yes
Nov 27, 2023SD00Yes
May 23, 2018IA00Yes
Nov 27, 2016IA01Yes
Jul 5, 2016NE00Yes
Jun 16, 2016IA00Yes
Apr 20, 2016NE00Yes
Aug 23, 2015NE01Yes
Jan 21, 2015IA00Yes
Nov 5, 2014WI00Yes
Sep 26, 2014IA00Yes
Dec 12, 2013WI01Yes
Oct 22, 2013IA00Yes
Oct 15, 2013IA02Yes
Oct 26, 2010IA01Yes
Aug 28, 2010IA00Yes
Jul 22, 2009NE01Yes
Dec 4, 2008IA01Yes
Sep 20, 2008IA02Yes
May 17, 2008IA01Yes
Apr 7, 2007IA01Yes
Oct 7, 2004NE00Yes
Oct 11, 1990IL01No