Carrier profile · USDOT 2822101 · MC-941217 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

Merdzic Transportation Services Inc

55 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 29 statesBOWLING GREEN, KY87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-941217 ACTIVE
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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 31.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 87 vehicle and 188 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.6 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

186 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 17

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
188
Annualized
≈94 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 31 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance32 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
13False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 31 total · 11 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20256025
20243003
20231001
20222002
20213003
20202002
20193013
20182022
20173013
20162002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026AL01Yes
Apr 14, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 31, 2026FL00Yes
Mar 18, 2026IL01Yes
Nov 11, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 19, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 28, 2025TN01Yes
May 29, 2025WV00Yes
Mar 27, 2025TX01No
Jan 31, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 16, 2024TN00Yes
May 11, 2024AR00Yes
Apr 10, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 14, 2023KY00Yes
Dec 5, 2022KY00Yes
Aug 3, 2022AL00Yes
Nov 22, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 12, 2021AR00Yes
Jul 11, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 4, 2020LA00Yes
Apr 3, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 2, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 2, 2019GA00Yes
Apr 11, 2019GA01Yes
Aug 18, 2018AL01Yes