Carrier profile · USDOT 2641729 · MC-920707 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Oyster Freight Services Inc

80 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 37 statesGEORGETOWN, ON94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-920707 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksoysterfreight.caFMCSA 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 6.0%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 — 67 vehicle and 145 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 5.7 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

138 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 11

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 80-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
80
Inspections · 24 mo
145
Annualized
≈73 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
27%
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 Driving57 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
11Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 22 total · 3 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20242002
20233003
20223013
20211011
20203003
20192002
20183013
20172002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 31, 2026OH00Yes
Nov 26, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 12, 2025OH00Yes
May 29, 2024NM00Yes
May 17, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 2, 2023NM00Yes
Aug 10, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 19, 2023TN00Yes
Sep 11, 2022IL02Yes
Jun 12, 2022MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2022MO00Yes
Dec 23, 2021CA03Yes
Nov 24, 2020OK00Yes
Nov 18, 2020MI00Yes
Jun 18, 2020IL00Yes
Jun 27, 2019KY00Yes
Feb 7, 2019OK00Yes
Dec 20, 2018PA00Yes
Oct 28, 2018IN00Yes
Feb 1, 2018IN02Yes
Apr 4, 2017IL00Yes
Feb 27, 2017FL00Yes