Carrier profile · USDOT 164492 · MC-147085 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Simon's Trucking Inc

DBA SIMON'S TRUCKING

118 power unitsavg 5.1 yrNational · 25 statesFARLEY, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147085 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 5.6%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 — 72 vehicle and 127 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 9

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
0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 118-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
118
Inspections · 24 mo
127
Annualized
64 / yr
Coverage
0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
7%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 127 total · 2 in 24 mo

127
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
46
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251011
20244033
20234004
20222012
20217017
20205015
2019100110
20186116
20177127
20164014
20158037
20147037
20135125
20124024
20114104
20103013
20092012
20086145
20076026
20061001
20058047
20046044
20033021
20022011
20014023
20001001
19981001
19961011
19943013
19931011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 18, 2025PA01Yes
Jul 11, 2024KY01No
Jun 26, 2024DE00Yes
Apr 8, 2024IA01Yes
Jan 15, 2024AR03Yes
Dec 28, 2023IA00Yes
Jul 2, 2023MA00Yes
Jun 7, 2023IL00Yes
May 31, 2023IA00Yes
Apr 11, 2022IA00Yes
Mar 8, 2022IA01Yes
Sep 24, 2021UT01Yes
Sep 21, 2021IA00Yes
Aug 2, 2021GA00Yes
Jun 23, 2021IA00Yes
Apr 24, 2021IA00Yes
Mar 3, 2021KS00Yes
Feb 1, 2021PA00Yes
Nov 16, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 7, 2020WI00Yes
Jun 1, 2020NE01Yes
Mar 16, 2020IL00Yes
Feb 25, 2020IL00Yes
Dec 29, 2019IN00Yes