Carrier profile · USDOT 154454 · MC-151224 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Northern Steel Transport Co

33 power unitsavg 14.1 yrRegional · 5 statesTOLEDO, OH56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-151224 INACTIVERATED 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 35.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 60 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 22.4 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 '24 · 8

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 33-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
60
Annualized
≈30 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving71 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 238 total · 6 in 24 mo

238
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
113
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20244024
20232011
20222002
20217017
20203003
20195025
20186025
20176006
20163003
20158048
2014132413
20138147
20122022
2011100310
20106016
20098048
20088028
20077017
20069069
20059039
20044044
2003150714
20021411111
20015014
2000170812
19996144
19981401211
19979075
19966144
19956053
19945152
19935024
19923010
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 13, 2025MI00Yes
Jul 18, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 16, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 13, 2024IL01Yes
Oct 7, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 30, 2024OH01Yes
Aug 3, 2023IL01No
May 28, 2023OH00Yes
Aug 24, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 8, 2022OH00Yes
Dec 15, 2021OH00Yes
Sep 15, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 5, 2021MI00Yes
Jun 25, 2021OH00Yes
Jun 7, 2021KY00Yes
May 20, 2021OH01Yes
Feb 21, 2021OH00Yes
Aug 20, 2020MI00Yes
Mar 11, 2020IN00Yes
Jan 27, 2020OH00Yes
Oct 17, 2019IN00Yes
Jul 9, 2019OH02Yes
May 5, 2019OH00Yes
Feb 13, 2019OH00Yes
Jan 24, 2019MI01Yes