Carrier profile · USDOT 107838 · MC-794658 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

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32 power unitsRegional · 3 statesMINNEAPOLIS, MN94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-794658 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 0.0%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 — 3 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

6 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 2

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
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 32-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
32
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.09measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
2measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 32 total · 4 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20251001
20242012
20221010
20211001
20192012
20172002
20162002
20153023
20143003
20131001
20121001
20101011
20094014
20082002
20071001
20043013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 11, 2026MN01Yes
Feb 19, 2026MN02Yes
Jul 30, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 5, 2024MN00Yes
Aug 4, 2024MN01Yes
Dec 8, 2022MN01No
Aug 19, 2021MN00Yes
Dec 28, 2019MN01Yes
Feb 9, 2019MN00Yes
Nov 26, 2017MN00Yes
Aug 14, 2017MN00Yes
Apr 30, 2016MN00Yes
Mar 26, 2016MN00Yes
Oct 26, 2015MN00Yes
Aug 31, 2015MN01Yes
Apr 18, 2015MN01Yes
Aug 21, 2014MN00Yes
Apr 15, 2014IA00Yes
Apr 1, 2014MN00Yes
Mar 18, 2013MN00Yes
Apr 14, 2012MN00Yes
Aug 14, 2010MN01Yes
Dec 10, 2009MN00Yes
Oct 12, 2009MN00Yes
Aug 6, 2009MN00Yes