Carrier profile · USDOT 154712 · MC-143059 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Mercer Transportation Company Inc

1,605 power unitsavg 7.9 yrNational · 49 statesLOUISVILLE, KY81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-143059 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksmercer-trans.comFMCSA SAFER

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 23.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2,185 vehicle and 4,064 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.6% · 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

3,948 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 201

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 1,605-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
1,605
Inspections · 24 mo
4,064
Annualized
≈2,032 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving1,102 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance542 · 437 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance481 · 72 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance320 · 93 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance259 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance253 · 13 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance222 · 109 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance197 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance194 · 27 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance174 · 13 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

962 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

586ELD device issues
38No log / no ELD
131False logs
174Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 2,018 total · 113 in 24 mo

2,018
Total crashes
113
In last 24 mo
63
Fatal
737
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263201130
20255521750
20247902777
20237512274
20229042187
20218232281
20209223285
2019121434117
20189852495
20179903095
20169453091
2015108531106
20148743682
20137923074
20126301859
20115832354
20104902048
20094502039
20085911957
20075942553
20065512848
20054812046
20045022548
20034942343
20022601222
20012821225
20003412226
1999200917
19983021527
19973202128
19963412029
1995161814
19942011016
1993151712
1992190611
199114179
19903000
19891001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 25, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 10, 2026KY01Yes
Jun 8, 2026FL01Yes
Jun 1, 2026KY00Yes
May 26, 2026FL00Yes
May 12, 2026TX00Yes
May 10, 2026AL00Yes
May 9, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 25, 2026NJ00Yes
Apr 22, 2026CA01Yes
Apr 20, 2026LA01No
Apr 2, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 29, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 23, 2026NY00Yes
Mar 9, 2026MN01Yes
Feb 25, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 25, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 24, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 23, 2026NC02No
Feb 20, 2026MD00Yes
Feb 14, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 13, 2026CA00Yes
Jan 27, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 24, 2026TX00Yes