Carrier profile · USDOT 191413 · MC-158969 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Scherer & Sons Trucking Inc

35 power unitsavg 7.7 yrRegional · 4 statesSAINT JOSEPH, MN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-158969 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksscherertrucking.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 44.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 9 vehicle and 29 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 40.1 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

29 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 35-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
29
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 2, 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
1Drove over hours

Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20241001
20231011
20221001
20211011
20193003
20184114
20171001
20161011
20151001
20141011
20131001
20121001
20111001
20102012
20081001
20061011
20053013
20042012
19991010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026MN01Yes
Jul 24, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 4, 2025MN00Yes
Aug 9, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 15, 2023MN01Yes
Jun 10, 2022MN00Yes
Aug 23, 2021MN03Yes
Dec 28, 2019MN00Yes
Dec 13, 2019MN00Yes
Feb 6, 2019MN00Yes
Nov 6, 2018MN00Yes
Jan 18, 2018ND00Yes
Jan 15, 2018MN01Yes
Jan 3, 2018WI10Yes
Jul 3, 2017MN00Yes
May 11, 2016MN03Yes
Dec 10, 2015MN00Yes
Oct 1, 2014MN01Yes
Apr 11, 2013MN00Yes
Aug 8, 2012MN00Yes
Oct 17, 2011WI00Yes
Dec 28, 2010ND00Yes
Jan 25, 2010MN02Yes
Jun 11, 2008MN00Yes
Sep 14, 2006MN01Yes