Carrier profile · USDOT 638655 · MC-352470 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Niece Trucking Inc

194 power unitsavg 5.8 yrMulti-region · 12 statesDES MOINES, IA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-352470 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 16.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 98 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 6.7 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

92 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 9

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 194-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
194
Inspections · 24 mo
98
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

7%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
19%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.2measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 76 total · 15 in 24 mo

76
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20257017
2024130513
20233013
202210029
20217036
20206016
20195025
20182002
20162002
20151011
20142012
20134013
20121001
20113003
20101011
20051001
20032012
20021001
20011010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 30, 2026WI01Yes
Jun 28, 2026TX01Yes
Jun 4, 2026TX00Yes
May 29, 2026MO00Yes
Dec 5, 2025IA01Yes
Nov 11, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 25, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 12, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 5, 2025SD00Yes
May 23, 2025MO00Yes
May 16, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 4, 2024KS00Yes
Nov 12, 2024IA00Yes
Nov 6, 2024IA01Yes
Oct 25, 2024KS01Yes
Jul 30, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 24, 2024IA01Yes
Jun 26, 2024KS00Yes
Jun 9, 2024NE01Yes
Apr 29, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 21, 2024IA00Yes
Apr 13, 2024IA00Yes
Mar 26, 2024IN02Yes
Jan 22, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 20, 2023IA01Yes