Carrier profile · USDOT 48457 · MC-403575 · Updated Jul 26, 2026

Northern Clearing Inc

62 power unitsavg 8.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesASHLAND, WI94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-403575 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksnorthernclearing.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 11.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.1% · 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 19.4 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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 62-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
62
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 102 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 22 total · 1 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20211001
20191001
20183003
20172022
20161001
20151001
20141001
20133023
20102022
20071011
20051011
19971011
19922022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 20, 2025NY01Yes
Jun 12, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 1, 2021ME00Yes
Jan 4, 2019NC00Yes
Apr 26, 2018VA00Yes
Apr 10, 2018WV00Yes
Jan 18, 2018WI00Yes
Nov 28, 2017MA02Yes
Apr 25, 2017WV01Yes
Jul 11, 2016IL00Yes
Oct 5, 2015MI00Yes
Dec 29, 2014ME00Yes
Aug 29, 2013KS00Yes
Jun 10, 2013NC01Yes
May 8, 2013OK01Yes
Jun 9, 2010FL02Yes
May 31, 2010FL01Yes
Dec 20, 2007MO01Yes
Nov 9, 2005WI02Yes
Oct 24, 1997MI03Yes
Dec 9, 1992WI01Yes
Dec 9, 1992WI01Yes