Carrier profile · USDOT 1358485 · MC-520613 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Vega Transport LLC

DBA VEGA TRANSPORT

126 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 30 statesSAINT LOUIS, MO94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-520613 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksvegatransport.comFMCSA SAFER

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 6.8%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 — 88 vehicle and 212 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · 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

209 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 20

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 126-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
126
Inspections · 24 mo
212
Annualized
≈106 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
10%
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 Driving76 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

47ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 73 total · 8 in 24 mo

73
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20254024
20244014
20235015
20223012
20214014
20206026
20195025
20186026
2017100310
20166016
20156026
20143013
20131001
20111001
20102012
20092012
20081001
20071010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 3, 2026KY01Yes
Feb 12, 2026VA01Yes
Sep 29, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 19, 2025OH01Yes
Mar 13, 2025CO01Yes
Feb 17, 2025AZ00Yes
Dec 15, 2024IL00Yes
May 12, 2024IN00Yes
Mar 31, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 20, 2024GA01Yes
Nov 21, 2023WV00Yes
Aug 27, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 21, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 13, 2023MO01Yes
Feb 14, 2023NM00Yes
Dec 23, 2022OH00Yes
Jun 1, 2022OK00Yes
May 6, 2022WV01No
Oct 13, 2021OK01Yes
Jul 14, 2021WV00Yes
May 22, 2021IN00Yes
May 8, 2021KY00Yes
Oct 20, 2020IN01Yes
Jun 20, 2020VA00Yes