Carrier profile · USDOT 429385 · MC-333945 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

NELSON DISTRIBUTING INC

DBA NELSON-REISNER

13 power unitsavg 7.5 yrLocal · 1 statesEVERETT, WA82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-333945 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 47.7 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

27 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 3

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

≈1.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 13
Inspections · 24 mo: 28
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

22%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

53%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving12 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 43 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 12 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2018	2	0	0	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2007	2	1	0	2
2000	3	0	1	3
1998	1	0	1	1
1997	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 3, 2025	WA	0	1	Yes
Feb 28, 2021	WA	0	0	Yes
Oct 25, 2018	WA	0	0	Yes
Mar 19, 2018	WA	0	0	Yes
Jul 9, 2013	WA	0	0	Yes
Jun 18, 2007	WA	1	0	Yes
Jan 29, 2007	WA	0	0	Yes
Oct 29, 2000	WA	0	0	Yes
Sep 29, 2000	WA	0	1	Yes
Mar 31, 2000	WA	0	0	Yes
Jul 2, 1998	WA	0	1	Yes
Nov 13, 1997	WA	0	0	Yes