Carrier profile · USDOT 155126 · MC-152366 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ameri-co Carriers Inc

58 power unitsavg 10.8 yrNational · 25 statesSCOTTSBLUFF, NE81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152366 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 24.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 57 vehicle and 142 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 5.1 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

135 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
142
Annualized
≈71 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
24%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 84% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 221 total · 10 in 24 mo

221
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
74
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264114
20256036
20242012
20233113
20221001
20211011
20207017
20196026
20183013
20173013
2016101210
20158018
20146126
20135015
20128028
20119019
201010039
2009140213
2008130413
20079129
20066126
20058028
2004111310
200312079
200210048
20015245
20005045
19993022
19983013
19975025
19963013
19951001
19944022
19935025
19927035
19913020
19902011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 8, 2026NE00Yes
May 4, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 7, 2026TN11Yes
Feb 17, 2026SD00Yes
Dec 9, 2025WY00Yes
Dec 9, 2025WY00Yes
Jul 24, 2025TN01Yes
May 11, 2025WY01Yes
Feb 7, 2025GA01Yes
Jan 8, 2025WY00Yes
May 20, 2024GA01Yes
Mar 7, 2024CO00Yes
Dec 11, 2023AL11Yes
Nov 16, 2023FL00Yes
May 22, 2023WY00Yes
Apr 10, 2022WY00Yes
Jan 3, 2021WY01Yes
Nov 10, 2020WY00Yes
Sep 16, 2020FL00Yes
Aug 10, 2020TN00Yes
Feb 25, 2020WY00Yes
Feb 10, 2020SD00Yes
Jan 27, 2020MO00Yes
Jan 20, 2020MN01Yes
Dec 22, 2019MT01Yes