Carrier profile · USDOT 3610955 · MC-1229947 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Final Target LLC

85 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 39 statesCLINTON, IA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1229947 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 27.7%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 — 94 vehicle and 228 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.8% · 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 21.7 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

221 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 85-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
228
Annualized
≈114 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving95 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 26 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance14 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
8False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 12 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264114
20257117
20243022
20235005
20222002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026GA10Yes
Jun 22, 2026WV00Yes
Apr 22, 2026KY01Yes
Jan 21, 2026IA00Yes
Dec 8, 2025NC00Yes
Sep 17, 2025OK00Yes
Sep 16, 2025ND10Yes
Aug 19, 2025TN01Yes
Jun 7, 2025VA00Yes
May 7, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 25, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 15, 2024OH01Yes
Aug 9, 2024MS01No
Jul 2, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 5, 2023NE00Yes
Sep 19, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 1, 2023KY00Yes
Jun 15, 2023CT00Yes
May 12, 2023IN00Yes
Dec 14, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 12, 2022VA00Yes