Carrier profile · USDOT 1017769 · MC-429772 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Zeller Transportation LLC

66 power unitsavg 7.2 yrNational · 17 statesHARTFORD, WI87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-429772 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkszellerllc.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 31.3%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 — 48 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 22.9 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

84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 8

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 66-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
66
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
45%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

16 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False 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· 44 total · 3 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20244004
20231001
20223033
20213013
20201011
20195015
20183013
20174024
20165005
20151011
20142021
20122002
20092022
20081001
20064034
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 7, 2026WI00Yes
Dec 19, 2024WI00Yes
May 3, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 19, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 9, 2024WI00Yes
Mar 12, 2023WI00Yes
Dec 27, 2022WI01Yes
Jul 24, 2022IN01Yes
Mar 15, 2022IL01Yes
Aug 2, 2021WI00Yes
May 18, 2021WI00Yes
Feb 16, 2021IL03Yes
Aug 31, 2020OH01Yes
Dec 19, 2019IL00Yes
Nov 1, 2019WI00Yes
Aug 18, 2019IN01Yes
Feb 22, 2019WI00Yes
Jan 28, 2019WI00Yes
Nov 20, 2018IL01Yes
Jan 15, 2018IN00Yes
Jan 8, 2018MO00Yes
Dec 8, 2017IL00Yes
Oct 2, 2017WI02Yes
Sep 26, 2017WI03Yes