Carrier profile · USDOT 69310 · MC-139495 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

NATIONAL CARRIERS INC

673 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 38 statesLIBERAL, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-139495 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksnationalcarriers.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 14.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 542 vehicle and 1,058 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.2% · 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 2.3 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

1,037 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 71

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 673-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
673
Inspections · 24 mo
1,058
Annualized
≈529 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving356 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance88 · 69 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance68 · 18 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance68 · 13 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance47 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance33 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

140 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

97ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
10False logs
18Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,270 total · 40 in 24 mo

1,270
Total crashes
40
In last 24 mo
60
Fatal
494
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026132313
2025150314
2024281727
2023213521
2022242522
20212611126
20202911029
20193021129
20183411134
20173411433
20164421144
20153611434
20143931137
2013411939
20122701127
20114111239
20102911027
20094822046
20083511733
20073601334
20063501532
20053221227
20045222345
20035212047
20026653158
20016362953
20003841933
19995432151
19983841830
19972611620
19963612126
19952101018
19944522635
1993363732
19923101221
19916024
19909046
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026TX10Yes
Jun 12, 2026TX00Yes
May 21, 2026PA01Yes
Apr 11, 2026MO01Yes
Apr 5, 2026AZ00Yes
Apr 1, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 30, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 27, 2026TN04Yes
Mar 9, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 8, 2026AL10Yes
Jan 27, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 24, 2026KS00Yes
Jan 9, 2026CO00Yes
Dec 7, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 22, 2025IN01Yes
Oct 19, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 7, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 29, 2025TX02No
Sep 9, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 3, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 9, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 17, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 13, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 11, 2025FL00Yes
May 19, 2025KS00Yes