Carrier profile · USDOT 261918 · MC-175043 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Preferred Transport Limited

40 power unitsavg 8.6 yrRegional · 6 statesCHATHAM, ON87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-175043 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 23.1%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 — 13 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 37.4 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 3

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 40-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
40
Inspections · 24 mo
21
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

24%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
2%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 20, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 38 total · 1 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241011
20222012
20212012
20203013
20182002
20174004
20152002
20131001
20121001
20095025
20081001
20071010
20061001
20052002
20041001
20011010
19991001
19962022
19953022
19931000
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 15, 2024KY01Yes
Mar 27, 2022KY01Yes
Mar 17, 2022MI00Yes
Mar 1, 2021OH01Yes
Jan 20, 2021OH00Yes
Aug 31, 2020MI00Yes
May 29, 2020OH00Yes
Jan 15, 2020MI01Yes
Aug 21, 2018MI00Yes
Jul 24, 2018MI00Yes
Dec 19, 2017KY00Yes
Sep 14, 2017MI00Yes
Mar 21, 2017MI00Yes
Jan 6, 2017MI00Yes
Feb 21, 2015TN00Yes
Jan 21, 2015MI00Yes
Mar 12, 2013MI00Yes
Dec 11, 2012MI00Yes
Jan 28, 2009OH01Yes
Jan 28, 2009OH00Yes
Jan 28, 2009OH00Yes
Jan 28, 2009OH01Yes
Jan 28, 2009OH00Yes
Jan 31, 2008OH00Yes
Feb 9, 2007OH01No