Carrier profile · USDOT 3205071 · MC-203227 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

MDN FREIGHT INC

155 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 44 statesDAVENPORT, IA63/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-203227 INACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 27.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 112 vehicle and 288 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.3% · 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

278 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 21

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 155-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
155
Inspections · 24 mo
288
Annualized
≈144 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving141 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 36 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance32 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance15 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

89 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

39ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
20False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 45 total · 14 in 24 mo

45
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267016
20256026
20244114
2023100210
20228028
20218058
20202012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2026IN00Yes
May 22, 2026GA00Yes
May 15, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 29, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 16, 2026MD00Yes
Feb 26, 2026VA01No
Feb 18, 2026MN00Yes
Sep 7, 2025OH05Yes
Sep 2, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 11, 2025FL01Yes
Jun 6, 2025WI00Yes
May 16, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 6, 2025MN00Yes
Sep 7, 2024WY10Yes
Jun 28, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 1, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 8, 2024NM01Yes
Nov 22, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 14, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 6, 2023AL00Yes
Sep 6, 2023FL00Yes
Sep 6, 2023SC02Yes
Aug 7, 2023MT00Yes
Jul 19, 2023MS00Yes
Apr 15, 2023AL04Yes