Carrier profile · USDOT 2938438 · MC-993331 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

VANTAGE CARRIER LLC

134 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 37 statesSTREETSBORO, OH80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-993331 ACTIVE
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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 36.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 76 vehicle and 167 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.6% · 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 13.5 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

167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 21

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 134-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
134
Inspections · 24 mo
167
Annualized
≈84 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
91%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
76%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0measure
SMS · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving101 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 23 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance21 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
19False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 13 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265035
20258028
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 12, 2026PA02Yes
Mar 24, 2026PA02Yes
Feb 13, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 17, 2026IA01Yes
Jan 8, 2026IA00Yes
Nov 25, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 6, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 27, 2025IA02Yes
Oct 26, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 26, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 16, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 14, 2025MD02Yes
Jun 4, 2025KY00Yes