Carrier profile · USDOT 166182 · MC-138796 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NELSON INC

10 power unitsavg 12 yrRegional · 6 statesDEERWOOD, MN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-138796 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnelsoninc.orgFMCSA 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 10-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
10
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
6.5measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 24 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 1 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20211001
20181001
20152022
20131001
20101001
20082022
20071001
20061001
20051001
20042002
20031001
19971011
19962012
19951011
19941011
19932000
19923022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 15, 2026NE01Yes
Jan 6, 2021MI00Yes
Sep 3, 2018PA00Yes
Nov 19, 2015MN01Yes
Jan 8, 2015MN01Yes
Apr 9, 2013GA00Yes
Mar 5, 2010GA00Yes
Sep 3, 2008AR01Yes
Apr 21, 2008MN01Yes
Oct 18, 2007OR00Yes
Mar 14, 2006MN00Yes
Jan 2, 2005MN00Yes
Nov 20, 2004IL00Yes
Jan 18, 2004MN00Yes
Jun 16, 2003WI00Yes
Jul 21, 1997AL01Yes
Jun 27, 1996CO00Yes
Feb 29, 1996SD03Yes
Aug 7, 1995GA01Yes
Sep 30, 1994SC02Yes
Feb 8, 1993IL00No
Feb 8, 1993IL00No
Oct 6, 1992IL01Yes
May 29, 1992IL01No
Mar 2, 1992KS00Yes