Carrier profile · USDOT 1296322 · MC-503436 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

North State Transportation LLC

30 power unitsavg 4.6 yrNational · 25 statesCARIBOU, ME88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-503436 ACTIVE
Verified linksnorthstatetrans.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 18.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 22 vehicle and 68 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 9.3 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

65 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 6

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 30-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
68
Annualized
≈34 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 5 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20241001
20231001
20223003
20212012
20202002
20192022
20181001
20172012
20161001
20151101
20142002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 2, 2026NC01Yes
Aug 5, 2025GA00Yes
May 20, 2025MA01Yes
Mar 25, 2025WI00Yes
Oct 21, 2024NJ00Yes
Jun 17, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 25, 2022KS00Yes
Mar 15, 2022IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2022VA00Yes
Dec 16, 2021NY01Yes
Oct 20, 2021ME00Yes
Aug 25, 2020VA00Yes
Jan 24, 2020MA00Yes
Jul 3, 2019MA01Yes
Apr 11, 2019VA01Yes
Oct 19, 2018CT00Yes
Sep 17, 2017KS00Yes
Aug 28, 2017VA01Yes
Jul 22, 2016MA00Yes
May 13, 2015PA10Yes
Dec 4, 2014PA00Yes
Jan 3, 2014ME00Yes