Carrier profile · USDOT 353405 · MC-400856 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

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156 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 37 statesPAWTUCKET, RI70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-400856 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 20.7%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 — 116 vehicle and 223 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.9% · 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 7.2 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

218 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 20

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 156-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
156
Inspections · 24 mo
223
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 26 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 6 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20253113
20243013
20233013
20222012
20213013
20202002
20192002
20181011
20172011
20161011
20152012
20131001
20101011
20091011
20071011
20051001
20031011
20012021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 15, 2026WA00Yes
Feb 25, 2026WI00Yes
Dec 22, 2025NM11Yes
Aug 6, 2025WA00Yes
May 19, 2025NM00Yes
Dec 11, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 23, 2024CO00Yes
Feb 15, 2024NJ02Yes
Mar 8, 2023WY01Yes
Jan 26, 2023WA00Yes
Jan 20, 2023WA00Yes
Jun 17, 2022VA02Yes
Mar 21, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 10, 2021CT00Yes
Jun 4, 2021RI01Yes
Feb 12, 2021VA00Yes
Jul 23, 2020WA00Yes
Jun 8, 2020RI00Yes
Jul 10, 2019MA00Yes
Jul 1, 2019NY00Yes
Jan 9, 2018PA01Yes
May 3, 2017PA00Yes
Jan 5, 2017ME01No
May 12, 2016NY02Yes
Mar 17, 2015ME00Yes