Carrier profile · USDOT 1006588 · MC-428078 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Transport Vares Inc

DBA VARES TRANSPORT

36 power unitsavg 5.7 yrRegional · 4 statesMONTREAL, QC88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-428078 ACTIVE

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 12.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 102 vehicle and 116 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 9.6 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

111 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.6 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.

Registered power units: 36
Inspections · 24 mo: 116
Annualized: ≈58 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

67%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

60%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

46%

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 Maintenance24 · 4 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving17 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

25ELD device issues

7No log / no ELD

7False logs

5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	2	1	2	2
2025	1	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1	1
2023	2	0	1	2
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	2	0	1	2
2019	1	0	1	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2012	2	0	1	2
2011	1	0	0	1
2009	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	1	0
2005	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 13, 2026	NJ	1	1	Yes
Jan 6, 2026	NJ	0	1	Yes
Mar 20, 2025	MD	0	1	Yes
Feb 13, 2024	NJ	0	1	Yes
Dec 18, 2023	NJ	0	0	Yes
Nov 15, 2023	IN	0	1	Yes
Nov 15, 2022	NY	0	0	Yes
Feb 20, 2021	NY	0	0	Yes
Feb 11, 2021	NJ	0	1	Yes
Dec 19, 2019	NJ	0	1	Yes
Nov 29, 2018	NJ	0	0	Yes
Mar 2, 2012	NY	0	0	Yes
Feb 28, 2012	IN	0	1	Yes
Apr 20, 2011	NJ	0	0	Yes
Feb 28, 2009	MD	0	0	Yes
Sep 19, 2007	FL	0	1	No
Aug 7, 2005	AR	0	0	Yes