Carrier profile · USDOT 668921 · MC-312388 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Flat Ridge Inc

24 power unitsavg 6.9 yrRegional · 5 statesROCKPORT, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-312388 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 36 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.9% · 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 10.2 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

31 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 3

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
36
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
42%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
24%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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 Driving48 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 38 total · 4 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20242012
20235045
20215014
20203023
20191001
20181001
20172002
20163013
20151111
20142012
20132022
20111001
20072002
20061011
20041011
20021001
20001011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 1, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 1, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 7, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 2, 2025KY01Yes
Jul 12, 2024KY01Yes
Jun 27, 2024IN00Yes
Dec 19, 2023TN02Yes
Oct 31, 2023TN01Yes
Oct 11, 2023MO02Yes
Jan 24, 2023KY01Yes
Jan 19, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 12, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 10, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 22, 2021KY00Yes
Jul 15, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 9, 2021KY01No
Jun 10, 2020KY02Yes
Feb 13, 2020IN00Yes
Jan 23, 2020TX01Yes
Sep 18, 2019KY00Yes
May 1, 2018IN00Yes
Dec 29, 2017IN00Yes
Feb 17, 2017KY00Yes
Nov 16, 2016KY00Yes
Nov 16, 2016IN01Yes