Carrier profile · USDOT 1469183 · MC-554920 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Vela Transport LLC

31 power unitsavg 10.3 yrMulti-region · 14 statesWYOMING, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-554920 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 20.6%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 — 34 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 41.3 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

56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 6

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

34 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
11False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 43 total · 8 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20256006
20243103
20232012
20226015
20216016
20201001
20191001
20181001
20172002
20161001
20153023
20144114
20132112
20123103
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 27, 2026KY01Yes
Dec 18, 2025KY00Yes
Nov 17, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 20, 2025WV00Yes
Mar 19, 2025AR00Yes
Mar 3, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 5, 2025AR00Yes
Dec 2, 2024MI10Yes
Jul 1, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 15, 2024TX00Yes
May 17, 2023OH01Yes
May 1, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 20, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 3, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 7, 2022SC00Yes
Sep 2, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 28, 2022MI01No
Feb 3, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 31, 2021KY00Yes
May 5, 2021MD00Yes
May 5, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 8, 2021TN00Yes
Feb 4, 2021IN01Yes
Jan 4, 2021MI00Yes
Mar 10, 2020AR00Yes