Carrier profile · USDOT 2574005 · MC-901103 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

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9 power unitsavg 7.4 yrMulti-region · 9 statesBATH, NC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-901103 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 36.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 25 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 19.0 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
5%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
68%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
43%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 11 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 5, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
10False logs
12Drove over hours

4 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 7 total · 2 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20241011
20232011
20213003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 22, 2026NC01Yes
Oct 4, 2024MD02Yes
Jul 27, 2023FL01No
Jun 20, 2023SC00Yes
Jun 17, 2021VA00Yes
May 6, 2021NJ00Yes
Jan 21, 2021VA00Yes