Carrier profile · USDOT 309261 · MC-538408 · Updated Jul 22, 2026

Midnight Sun Transportation Services LLC

82 power unitsavg 5.2 yrLocal · 2 statesANCHORAGE, AK93/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-538408 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 24.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.6%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 79 vehicle and 126 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 10.9 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

122 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 10

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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.8 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 82-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 82
Inspections · 24 mo: 126
Annualized: ≈63 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

22%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

25%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

47%

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.

393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 8 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 9 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jan 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

1False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 9 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	0	1
2019	1	1	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	1	0	0	1
2015	1	0	1	1
2012	2	0	1	1
2009	2	0	0	2

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 4, 2022	AK	0	0	Yes
Nov 17, 2019	AK	1	0	Yes
Mar 2, 2017	AK	0	0	Yes
Mar 29, 2016	AK	0	0	Yes
Mar 30, 2015	AK	0	1	Yes
Sep 27, 2012	AK	0	0	Yes
Jan 5, 2012	AK	0	1	No
Oct 20, 2009	AK	0	0	Yes
Jan 16, 2009	AK	0	0	Yes