Carrier profile · USDOT 111943 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Prairie Farms Dairy

966 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 10 statesEDWARDSVILLE, IL88/100
AUTHORITY 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 17.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.7% · 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 4.5 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

209 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 17

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 966-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
966
Inspections · 24 mo
217
Annualized
≈109 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 317 total · 11 in 24 mo

317
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
100
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20255014
2024130213
2023101210
20229038
2021160416
2020231423
2019191619
2018170617
2017140714
2016160316
2015151414
20148028
2013110311
20126016
20115005
20106146
20096026
2008171616
20079028
20067017
2005100410
2004100210
200310089
20027037
20015135
20006016
19996136
19987035
19974014
19963013
19956045
19946135
19922001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 13, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 23, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 21, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 31, 2025IL00Yes
May 12, 2025MO01No
Mar 20, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 17, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 4, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 22, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 14, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 30, 2024MI00Yes
Jul 30, 2024KY00Yes
Jul 17, 2024MI00Yes
May 7, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 21, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 11, 2024KY01Yes
Mar 26, 2024WI00Yes
Feb 5, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 13, 2024IL01Yes
Jan 11, 2024IA00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MO00Yes
Dec 1, 2023IN00Yes
Nov 27, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 25, 2023IA01Yes
Nov 16, 2023MI10Yes