Carrier profile · USDOT 3225583 · MC-1010365 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

Safari Trucking LLC

21 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 32 statesLEXINGTON, NE87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1010365 ACTIVE
Verified linkssafaritrucking.comFMCSA 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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 56 vehicle and 129 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 9.4 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

126 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 12

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
≈3.1 / 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
21
Inspections · 24 mo
129
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈3.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
6False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 11 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20257017
20246025
20232012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 4, 2026WV00Yes
Dec 18, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 5, 2025NC00Yes
Nov 26, 2025MN01Yes
Sep 4, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 3, 2025AR00Yes
May 22, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 21, 2024VA01No
Dec 9, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 25, 2024IA00Yes
Jun 16, 2024OH00Yes
Mar 9, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 26, 2024OH00Yes
Dec 28, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 13, 2023KY01Yes