Carrier profile · USDOT 985416 · MC-417025 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Norco Corporation

DBA NORCO

237 power unitsavg 11.8 yrNational · 37 statesSAGINAW, TX75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-417025 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnorcocorp.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 28.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 308 vehicle and 537 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.4% · 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 6.2 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

521 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 38

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 237-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
237
Inspections · 24 mo
539
Annualized
≈270 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
98%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
86%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance239 · 20 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving181 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance164 · 42 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance96 · 26 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance82 · 43 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance74 · 38 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance65 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance58 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance55 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

306 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

89ELD device issues
18No log / no ELD
125False logs
49Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 261 total · 29 in 24 mo

261
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
100
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267046
2025170716
202410039
20238117
2022201817
2021170516
2020131212
2019210620
2018110411
2017161815
2016120511
20152201117
20149049
201310028
20125015
2011140613
20109049
2009150814
20089029
20078057
20068047
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 25, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 15, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 31, 2026TX01No
Mar 30, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 6, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 26, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2026TX02Yes
Dec 19, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 11, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 8, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 2, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 19, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2025TX01No
Nov 4, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 4, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 26, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 11, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 11, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 23, 2025SC00Yes
Apr 10, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2025TX02Yes
Mar 7, 2025TX02Yes
Jan 30, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 27, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 18, 2024MD00Yes