Carrier profile · USDOT 104037 · MC-123091 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NICK STRIMBU INC

135 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 22 statesBROOKFIELD, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-123091 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnickstrimbu.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 12.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 95 vehicle and 193 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

3.8% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

190 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 13

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 135-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
135
Inspections · 24 mo
193
Annualized
≈97 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
11False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 183 total · 11 in 24 mo

183
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
78
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20254014
20249019
20236016
20223013
20213013
20204114
20194014
20184024
20174024
20168018
20155015
20142022
2012100510
20117037
201010277
20096016
20087026
20078054
20069138
20055005
20046124
20037056
20027046
20017146
20004032
19996144
19983023
19976046
19963022
19953022
19942021
19934013
19921011
19911001
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 2, 2026MD00Yes
Mar 16, 2026NY00Yes
Feb 6, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 12, 2026IL01Yes
Sep 5, 2025PA01Yes
Jul 12, 2025NY00Yes
Jun 27, 2025NY00Yes
Jun 5, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 22, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 24, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 6, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 9, 2024VA02Yes
Jul 1, 2024VT00Yes
May 10, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 26, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 17, 2024PA00Yes
Jan 9, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 19, 2023NY00Yes
Nov 27, 2023OH00Yes
May 1, 2023NJ00Yes
Mar 19, 2023NY01Yes
Mar 10, 2023NY00Yes
Mar 7, 2023NJ00Yes
Oct 3, 2022KY00Yes
Apr 27, 2022KY01Yes