Carrier profile · USDOT 2568225 · MC-897149 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NOMAD FREIGHT INC

178 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 44 statesKENTLAND, IN63/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-897149 INACTIVE
Verified linksnomadfreight.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 24.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 122 vehicle and 285 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · 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

276 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 22

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 178-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
178
Inspections · 24 mo
285
Annualized
≈143 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving164 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 18 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness8 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
15False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 62% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 14 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257117
2024130512
20234014
20224014
20213013
20201001
20192012
20181001
20172022
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 29, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 15, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 4, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 4, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 2, 2025WA00Yes
May 31, 2025WV22Yes
Feb 11, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 20, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 15, 2024PA01Yes
Nov 13, 2024WY01Yes
Oct 31, 2024TN00Yes
Oct 29, 2024OK01No
Oct 25, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 13, 2024KY00Yes
Jun 21, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 19, 2024NJ01Yes
Mar 18, 2024DE00Yes
Feb 15, 2024AR00Yes
Jan 31, 2024NJ00Yes
Jan 27, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 23, 2023MD00Yes
May 18, 2023TN00Yes
Feb 24, 2023NJ00Yes
Feb 13, 2023NY03Yes
Dec 15, 2022MO00Yes