Carrier profile · USDOT 285180 · MC-199409 · Updated Jun 15, 2026

Polestar Transport Inc

DBA ARMOUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

66 power unitsavg 7.1 yrMulti-region · 12 statesDARTMOUTH, NS94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-199409 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksarmour.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 9.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 71 vehicle and 137 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.3% · 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 6.2 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

132 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 13

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 66-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
66
Inspections · 24 mo
137
Annualized
≈69 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 41 total · 6 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255045
20232012
20201011
20182012
20173013
20161001
20142002
20132002
20121001
20111001
20093023
20081001
20062012
20053031
20043023
20031001
20023012
20011011
20001011
19991011
19941001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 14, 2026MA00Yes
Dec 8, 2025NJ00Yes
May 5, 2025VA02Yes
Apr 26, 2025NY01Yes
Mar 16, 2025ME01Yes
Jan 6, 2025ME01Yes
Nov 16, 2023ME02Yes
Sep 12, 2023NY00Yes
Dec 17, 2020ME03Yes
Dec 12, 2018NJ00Yes
Nov 7, 2018ME01Yes
Dec 18, 2017ME01Yes
Sep 21, 2017NY00Yes
Feb 9, 2017ME00Yes
Jul 11, 2016MA00Yes
Nov 20, 2014NJ00Yes
Oct 29, 2014PA00Yes
Dec 30, 2013ME00Yes
Nov 21, 2013ME00Yes
Oct 22, 2012ME00Yes
Aug 22, 2011NJ00Yes
Nov 19, 2009ME01Yes
May 1, 2009PA00Yes
Mar 15, 2009ME01Yes
Jan 14, 2008ME00Yes