Carrier profile · USDOT 2889574 · MC-970603 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

Zeeland Freight Services LLC

170 power unitsavg 7 yrMulti-region · 10 statesZEELAND, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-970603 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 13.8%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 — 58 vehicle and 119 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.3% · 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 24.5 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

118 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 11

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
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 170-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
170
Inspections · 24 mo
119
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving117 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 1, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 75 total · 17 in 24 mo

75
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
2025140114
20245115
2023120212
20229009
20216016
20205015
20197037
20188018
20175015
20162112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 22, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 21, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 29, 2025PA06Yes
Dec 1, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 21, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 7, 2025MI00Yes
Oct 16, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 28, 2025MI00Yes
Jun 18, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 15, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 10, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 12, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 19, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 10, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 3, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 4, 2024MI10Yes
Jun 19, 2024MI00Yes
May 23, 2024MI01Yes
Apr 29, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 16, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 19, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 28, 2023MI00Yes
Oct 4, 2023MI00Yes
Sep 14, 2023MI00Yes