Carrier profile · USDOT 146859 · MC-188236 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Vanguard Furniture Co Inc

10 power unitsavg 13.7 yrLocal · 1 statesCONOVER, NC100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-188236 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 — 14 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.8 / 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: 10
Inspections · 24 mo: 35
Annualized: ≈18 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

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 Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 51 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2022	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	2	0	0	2
2005	4	1	1	4
2003	2	0	2	2
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	0	1
1998	1	1	1	1
1997	2	0	2	2
1993	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jul 26, 2022	NC	0	1	Yes
Feb 2, 2021	VA	0	0	Yes
Oct 22, 2019	NC	0	0	Yes
Jun 24, 2008	CA	0	0	Yes
Mar 25, 2007	NC	0	0	Yes
Dec 13, 2006	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 3, 2006	SC	0	0	Yes
Jul 31, 2005	GA	0	0	Yes
Apr 10, 2005	NM	2	3	Yes
Feb 4, 2005	MS	0	0	Yes
Feb 4, 2005	MS	0	0	Yes
Dec 16, 2003	TX	0	1	Yes
Feb 26, 2003	VA	0	1	Yes
Jul 5, 2000	WV	0	2	Yes
Sep 27, 1999	GA	0	0	Yes
Aug 9, 1998	AR	1	4	Yes
Oct 30, 1997	NC	0	2	Yes
Sep 5, 1997	VA	0	2	Yes
Nov 12, 1993	KY	0	2	Yes