Carrier profile · USDOT 3209242 · MC-1001808 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nightwell Logistics Incorporated

5 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 35 statesINDEPENDENCE, OH75/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1001808 INACTIVE
Verified linksnightwell-logistics.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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 70 vehicle and 151 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.2 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

147 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈15.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
5
Inspections · 24 mo
151
Annualized
≈76 / yr
Coverage
≈15.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

93%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
87%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

51 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
12False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 10 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20257007
20221011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026SC00Yes
Jan 27, 2026IN01Yes
Jan 18, 2026PA00Yes
Sep 28, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 20, 2025NE00Yes
Sep 5, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 3, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 3, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 10, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 14, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 2, 2022PA01Yes