Carrier profile · USDOT 3456354 · MC-1126783 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

ZONE-OH LLC

DBA ZONE

110 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 39 statesCOLUMBUS, OH81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1126783 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 28.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 97 vehicle and 203 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · 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 6.3 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

191 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 15

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 110-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
203
Annualized
≈102 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving120 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 24 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 20 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
2025131213
20249149
2023100110
20222012
20211011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 26, 2026NE00Yes
Mar 27, 2026MD00Yes
Feb 21, 2026NJ00Yes
Dec 14, 2025NY00Yes
Dec 9, 2025WV00Yes
Oct 21, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 30, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 9, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 30, 2025NC10Yes
Jul 21, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 18, 2025KY00Yes
May 15, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 30, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 5, 2025NJ02Yes
Feb 16, 2025OH01Yes
Jan 11, 2025WY00Yes
Dec 14, 2024VA01Yes
Dec 12, 2024PA02Yes
Oct 21, 2024NJ00Yes
Oct 3, 2024TN11Yes
Jul 27, 2024MA01Yes
Jul 13, 2024SC00Yes
Feb 9, 2024OH00Yes
Feb 8, 2024NY00Yes
Jan 23, 2024TN00Yes