Carrier profile · USDOT 329431 · MC-1803968 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

MEARS GROUP INC

848 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 21 statesROSEBUSH, MI87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1803968 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 27.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 65 vehicle and 105 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.6 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

103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 8

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 848-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
848
Inspections · 24 mo
105
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
80%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving40 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness4 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 60 total · 6 in 24 mo

60
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254044
20244004
20234024
20227027
20216036
20202022
20197036
20187026
20174034
20161001
20131001
20121011
20091001
20071001
20061011
20051010
20031010
20022022
20011010
20001011
19992022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 13, 2026SC00Yes
Dec 3, 2025AR01Yes
Nov 19, 2025VA01Yes
Oct 2, 2025NV01Yes
Aug 7, 2025AR01Yes
Sep 4, 2024CA00Yes
Mar 19, 2024CO00Yes
Mar 7, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 11, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 21, 2023FL01Yes
May 4, 2023GA01Yes
Mar 20, 2023FL00Yes
Mar 17, 2023AZ00Yes
Dec 22, 2022FL00Yes
Nov 7, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 18, 2022MO00Yes
Sep 17, 2022FL01Yes
Sep 6, 2022MO00Yes
Jul 13, 2022CO00Yes
Jan 19, 2022FL02Yes
Sep 14, 2021NE02Yes
Aug 26, 2021MO00Yes
Aug 12, 2021NC02Yes
Jul 30, 2021TX01Yes
May 20, 2021NC00Yes