Carrier profile · USDOT 1825917 · MC-662474 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NTL LLC

DBA NELSON TRUCK LINES

75 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 12 statesWHITELAW, WI72/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-662474 ACTIVE
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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 27.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 72 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 6.8 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

72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 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.

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 75-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
72
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving68 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 37 total · 10 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20255015
20244004
20236026
20226016
20215005
20201011
20192002
20182002
20171011
20162012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 23, 2026WI00Yes
Mar 17, 2026WI01Yes
Jan 8, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 28, 2025WI01Yes
Nov 7, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 30, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 23, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 3, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 19, 2024WI00Yes
Oct 19, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 25, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 19, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 14, 2023IL00Yes
May 18, 2023MN00Yes
Apr 13, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 6, 2023KY01Yes
Jan 23, 2023WI01Yes
Jan 19, 2023WI00Yes
Aug 18, 2022WI00Yes
Aug 6, 2022WI00Yes
Apr 15, 2022WI00Yes
Mar 24, 2022IN00Yes
Jan 11, 2022TN00Yes
Jan 6, 2022WI01Yes
Jul 30, 2021WI00Yes