Carrier profile · USDOT 1281660 · MC-447750 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

Monson & Sons Inc

165 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 16 statesBRITT, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-447750 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 23.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 190 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.8% · 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 15.6 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

181 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 11

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 165-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
165
Inspections · 24 mo
190
Annualized
≈95 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving104 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
2False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 119 total · 11 in 24 mo

119
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
42
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20257047
20245025
20235015
20227136
2021140414
20206046
20198136
2018100110
2017101410
2016101410
201510239
20146025
20135015
20122020
20114024
20105015
20081001
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 24, 2026AR00Yes
Jun 15, 2026IA01Yes
Jan 24, 2026KS00Yes
Dec 16, 2025KS01Yes
Oct 20, 2025OK00Yes
Sep 10, 2025MO00Yes
May 23, 2025MO01Yes
Mar 10, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 12, 2025IA01Yes
Jan 9, 2025AR01Yes
Sep 16, 2024TX00Yes
May 23, 2024OK00Yes
Apr 2, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 8, 2024TX01Yes
Feb 1, 2024OK02Yes
Dec 19, 2023MO00Yes
Nov 28, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 26, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 30, 2023MO00Yes
Jan 19, 2023MN01Yes
Aug 21, 2022MO01Yes
Jun 26, 2022MO00Yes
May 6, 2022IA11Yes
May 5, 2022TX01No
Apr 22, 2022MO00Yes