Carrier profile · USDOT 456821 · MC-238157 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Valley Transportation Service Inc

195 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 42 statesGRAND MEADOW, MN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-238157 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksvalleytransinc.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 32.0%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 — 281 vehicle and 595 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.2% · 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 10.9 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

581 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 40

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 195-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
195
Inspections · 24 mo
595
Annualized
≈298 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving263 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance88 · 23 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance83 · 70 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance59 · 19 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance36 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

92 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

63ELD device issues
12No log / no ELD
7False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 65% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 194 total · 20 in 24 mo

194
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
75
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268148
20258056
2024133313
20237017
20227037
202111039
202010049
2019100210
20189019
20177037
20167047
2015111211
20144013
20136016
2012100310
20116006
20109075
20094013
20085035
20073022
20068138
20053022
20041011
20033013
20024124
20015123
20001010
19976156
19963023
19952012
19942011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 7, 2026MO01Yes
Jun 22, 2026MN03Yes
Apr 3, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 1, 2026ND00Yes
Feb 20, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 13, 2026OH22Yes
Feb 4, 2026AR01Yes
Jan 22, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 3, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 18, 2025CA01Yes
Sep 6, 2025TX01No
Jul 22, 2025FL01Yes
Jun 4, 2025NC00Yes
May 20, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 6, 2025AZ01Yes
Feb 6, 2025FL01No
Dec 9, 2024AL11Yes
Oct 4, 2024KS00Yes
Sep 25, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 24, 2024CA02Yes
Aug 8, 2024CO00Yes
Jul 20, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 18, 2024MO02Yes
Jun 24, 2024MN00Yes
Jun 5, 2024TX10Yes