Carrier profile · USDOT 262859 · MC-177315 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Potter Transport Inc

19 power unitsavg 7.9 yrRegional · 5 statesBOONVILLE, MO75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-177315 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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 17.8 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
95%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
52%
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 Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

41 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
20False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 92% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 110 total · 2 in 24 mo

110
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
52
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20241001
20232011
20222002
20211001
20201001
20192002
20183003
20171001
20161011
20148068
20135025
20125015
20115105
20106026
20093113
20084024
20075024
20061011
20053022
20043013
20032012
20021011
20015043
20005135
19993032
19985035
19977066
19962012
19957027
19943012
19934024
19922012
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 10, 2026MO01Yes
Aug 28, 2024IA00Yes
May 19, 2023KS00Yes
Mar 15, 2023NE02No
Jul 13, 2022IA00Yes
Jul 4, 2022IA00Yes
Feb 18, 2021IA00Yes
Aug 21, 2020MO00Yes
Mar 28, 2019NE00Yes
Feb 15, 2019MO00Yes
Nov 8, 2018MN00Yes
May 10, 2018MO00Yes
Apr 3, 2018MO00Yes
Feb 8, 2017IL00Yes
Jul 25, 2016MO01Yes
Nov 18, 2014IL00Yes
Aug 2, 2014NE01Yes
Aug 2, 2014NE01Yes
Jul 13, 2014NE02Yes
Jul 13, 2014NE02Yes
Feb 17, 2014MO02Yes
Jan 18, 2014MN02Yes
Jan 14, 2014MN00Yes
Oct 29, 2013MO00Yes
Jul 30, 2013MO00Yes