Carrier profile · USDOT 501716 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

MEARS INSTALLATION LLC

236 power unitsavg 8.6 yrLocal · 2 statesLENEXA, KS81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
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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 23.5%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 — 17 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 4

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 236-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
236
Inspections · 24 mo
24
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 43 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 32 total · 5 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20245045
20233103
20221011
20211001
20202012
20061001
20052022
20043003
20021011
20012002
20003013
19983113
19973013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 13, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 26, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 8, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 25, 2024MO01Yes
Sep 16, 2024MO02Yes
Jun 8, 2024MO01Yes
May 1, 2024MO01Yes
Nov 21, 2023MO00Yes
Jul 31, 2023MO10Yes
May 26, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 13, 2022TX01Yes
Apr 4, 2021TX00Yes
Jan 23, 2020TX01Yes
Jan 20, 2020MO00Yes
Feb 10, 2006TX00Yes
Aug 24, 2005MO01Yes
Jul 22, 2005MO01Yes
Nov 4, 2004TX00Yes
Oct 20, 2004MO00Yes
Oct 11, 2004MO00Yes
Oct 1, 2002MO01Yes
Sep 27, 2001MO00Yes
Apr 28, 2001MO00Yes
Dec 5, 2000MO00Yes
Nov 18, 2000MO011Yes