Carrier profile · USDOT 237662 · MC-165601 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Paper Transport Ltd

12 power unitsavg 14 yrRegional · 4 statesWAYLAND, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-165601 ACTIVERATED 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 48.1%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 — 27 vehicle and 34 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

32 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 5

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
46%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 10, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Crash history· 43 total · 4 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20241010
20222002
20202002
20191001
20185015
20174004
20162011
20158018
20141001
20121011
20111001
20091001
20071001
20061001
20042002
19991010
19952011
19941011
19912112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Aug 19, 2025MI01Yes
May 15, 2025MI00Yes
May 2, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 26, 2024MI01No
Feb 8, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 2, 2022MI00Yes
Aug 28, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 10, 2020MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2019MI00Yes
Oct 18, 2018MI00Yes
Oct 9, 2018MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2018MI00Yes
Jul 20, 2018MI00Yes
Jan 20, 2018MI01Yes
Dec 19, 2017MI00Yes
Jul 11, 2017IL00Yes
Apr 11, 2017IN00Yes
Mar 10, 2017MI00Yes
Aug 4, 2016MI00Yes
May 19, 2016MI02No
Nov 6, 2015MI00Yes
Oct 23, 2015MI00Yes
Oct 9, 2015IN01Yes
Apr 10, 2015MI00Yes