Carrier profile · USDOT 3141225 · MC-99265 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ZEPHYR EXPEDITING LLC

12 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 31 statesMENTOR, OH75/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-99265 INACTIVE
Verified linkszephyrexpediting.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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 70 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.5% · 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 14.3 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 12

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
70
Annualized
≈35 / yr
Coverage
≈2.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

93%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
87%
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 Driving69 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance33 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 4 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20244024
20237007
20221001
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2025NE00Yes
Feb 12, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 6, 2025NM00Yes
Oct 11, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 28, 2024CO01Yes
Mar 25, 2024AR01Yes
Jan 8, 2024AL00Yes
Nov 22, 2023SC00Yes
Sep 21, 2023FL00Yes
Jul 2, 2023TN00Yes
Jun 21, 2023NC00Yes
Jun 21, 2023CO00Yes
Apr 8, 2023NC00Yes
Jan 5, 2023IA00Yes
Oct 9, 2022MO00Yes
Jan 28, 2003WY00Yes