Carrier profile · USDOT 111891 · MC-16479 · Updated Jul 29, 2026

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33 power unitsavg 16.5 yrLocal · 2 statesWATERLOO, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-16479 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 14.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 43 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 1.7 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 6

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 33-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
33
Inspections · 24 mo
54
Annualized
27 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 177.801 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 25, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 48 total · 1 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241011
20221001
20211001
20203013
20192002
20182002
20173003
20161001
20153023
20142012
20133023
20101001
20091011
20082012
20071001
20063113
20052002
20042012
20033023
20022012
20002002
19971011
19961011
19942021
19931011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 14, 2025IL01Yes
Jul 8, 2024MO02Yes
Feb 25, 2022MO00Yes
Sep 9, 2021MO00Yes
Jun 9, 2020IL00Yes
May 7, 2020MO00Yes
Feb 18, 2020MO01Yes
Dec 4, 2019IL00Yes
Feb 28, 2019MO00Yes
Oct 15, 2018IL00Yes
May 10, 2018MO00Yes
Aug 16, 2017MO00Yes
Apr 11, 2017IL00Yes
Jan 16, 2017IL00Yes
Mar 30, 2016MO00Yes
May 20, 2015IL01Yes
Feb 17, 2015MO00Yes
Feb 4, 2015IL01Yes
Jan 21, 2014MO00Yes
Jan 21, 2014MO01Yes
Nov 5, 2013MO00Yes
Sep 11, 2013IL01Yes
Mar 27, 2013MO01Yes
Sep 30, 2010MO00Yes
Apr 3, 2009MO01Yes