Carrier profile · USDOT 165862 · MC-195717 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Van-hof Trucking Inc

DBA VAN-HOF TRUCKING

23 power unitsavg 9.1 yrRegional · 3 statesSANBORN, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-195717 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 33.3%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 19 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 16.7 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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
0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 23-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
23
Inspections · 24 mo
19
Annualized
10 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
5.4measure
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.81 HornVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 31, 2023. 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
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 28 total · 3 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20242002
20231001
20201111
20171001
20151101
20142002
20121011
20111011
20093003
20081011
20061001
20051101
20042022
20011010
20002012
19991011
19981010
19971011
19961001
19941001
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 6, 2026IA01Yes
Oct 1, 2024WI00Yes
Aug 27, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 2, 2023IA00Yes
Jan 21, 2020NE11Yes
Sep 26, 2017MO00Yes
Apr 9, 2015IA50Yes
Jun 12, 2014MN00Yes
Jun 11, 2014IA00Yes
May 17, 2012IA01Yes
Feb 21, 2011NE02Yes
Dec 7, 2009NE00Yes
May 30, 2009MN00Yes
Jan 8, 2009MN00Yes
Apr 8, 2008WI02Yes
Nov 9, 2006MN00Yes
Nov 30, 2005IA10Yes
Aug 30, 2004WI01Yes
Mar 10, 2004IA01Yes
Apr 20, 2001IA01No
Mar 16, 2000IA00Yes
Mar 9, 2000IL01Yes
Feb 9, 1999IA01Yes
Nov 12, 1998MO01No
Dec 16, 1997IA01Yes