Carrier profile · USDOT 823551 · MC-402260 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

North Cedar Trucking LLC

6 power unitsavg 5.4 yrRegional · 3 statesMECHANICSVILLE, IA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-402260 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 66.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 6 vehicle and 23 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 75.0 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

22 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 2

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
≈1.9 / 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
6
Inspections · 24 mo
23
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
13.87measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 35 total · 5 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20245025
20234024
20221011
20213023
20203022
20194013
20182002
20171011
20161011
20152012
20143003
20122012
20111001
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 28, 2025IA00Yes
Jun 28, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 21, 2024IA01Yes
Oct 28, 2024IA00Yes
Sep 6, 2024IA00Yes
May 10, 2024IA01Yes
Mar 8, 2024IA00Yes
Jun 15, 2023IA00Yes
Jun 8, 2023IL01Yes
Apr 17, 2023IA00Yes
Mar 28, 2023IA01Yes
Jan 18, 2022IA01Yes
Nov 7, 2021MO01Yes
Sep 21, 2021IL03Yes
Jun 8, 2021IA00Yes
Dec 27, 2020IA01Yes
Aug 16, 2020IA01No
Jul 3, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 26, 2019WI00Yes
Jul 6, 2019IA00Yes
Jun 13, 2019IA00Yes
Jan 23, 2019IA01No
Dec 21, 2018IA00Yes
Jul 21, 2018IA00Yes
May 2, 2017IA01Yes