Carrier profile · USDOT 66297 · MC-238151 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Thorstenson Trucking LLC

21 power unitsavg 5.7 yrRegional · 7 statesSELBY, SD81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-238151 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 31.6%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 — 19 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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

53 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
53
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
87%
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 7, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 4 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20242002
20231001
20211001
20192012
20161001
20141001
20131001
20101001
20081001
20072022
20063012
20033013
19991001
19981011
19964023
19951101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 25, 2025ND00Yes
Nov 25, 2025ND00Yes
Feb 2, 2025MT00Yes
Dec 17, 2024SD00Yes
Jul 31, 2024MN00Yes
Jul 10, 2023SD00Yes
Mar 8, 2021ND00Yes
Nov 18, 2019SD00Yes
Jan 7, 2019WY04Yes
Jan 18, 2016NE00Yes
Mar 7, 2014MN00Yes
Oct 3, 2013MT00Yes
Jan 6, 2010NE00Yes
Apr 10, 2008WY00Yes
Aug 6, 2007NE01Yes
Mar 28, 2007WY01Yes
Jun 26, 2006ND01No
Jun 19, 2006IN00Yes
May 18, 2006IN00Yes
Aug 10, 2003MT00Yes
Feb 13, 2003FL01Yes
Jan 20, 2003WY00Yes
Mar 15, 1999SD00Yes
Jan 9, 1998IN01Yes
Dec 4, 1996SD00Yes