Maine Safety Report
Comprehensive motor carrier safety analysis combining FMCSA registration data with NHTSA fatality statistics for Maine.
Executive Summary
According to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), Maine recorded 177 traffic fatalities in 2024, representing a 31.1% increase from the previous year, raising safety concerns. Large trucks were involved in 29 of these incidents (16.4% of total fatalities). The state's fatality rate of 12.5 per 100,000 residents exceeds the national average of 11.5 per 100,000 residents by 1.0 points. Of the 25,742 registered motor carriers in Maine, 652 (2.5%) have crash incidents on record within the 24-month federal monitoring period.
Economic Context
Maine's $103 billion economy relies on efficient freight transportation across its major corridors, including I-95 (N-S) and US-1. The state's trucking industry employs approximately 4,914 workers, contributing significantly to both local employment and interstate commerce.
Risk Analysis
Risk analysis identifies 10 carriers in Maine with elevated crash histories (4+ incidents in 24 months). The highest-risk carrier, BLUE DIAMOND TRANSPORTATION LLC (USDOT 2533963), has recorded 26 crashes during the monitoring period. Combined, these 10 carriers account for 116 of the state's 1021 total carrier-involved incidents—a disproportionate 11.4% of all crashes from just 0.04% of registered carriers. Shippers and freight brokers are advised to conduct thorough due diligence when engaging carriers with multiple incidents on record.
Maine Trucking Industry Overview
The trucking industry in Maine employs approximately 4,914 workers, contributing to the state's $103 billion GDP. Registered carriers operate a combined fleet of 304,418 power units with 106,219 active drivers. Key freight arteries include I-95 (N-S), US-1, which facilitate the movement of goods across state lines and to major distribution centers. The state's freight infrastructure supports both regional distribution and long-haul interstate commerce, making carrier safety a critical concern for public welfare and economic efficiency.
Top Cities by Carrier Concentration
Maine Motor Carrier Directory
Showing top 100 by incident volume| Carrier Identity | Crashes (24m) | Action |
|---|---|---|
| BLUE DIAMOND TRANSPORTATION LLC DOT: 2533963 • PRESQUE ISLE | 26 | VIEW REPORT |
| PINE TREE WASTE INC DOT: 631038 • SCARBOROUGH | 24 | VIEW REPORT |
| DEAD RIVER COMPANY LLC DOT: 164906 • SOUTH PORTLAND | 19 | VIEW REPORT |
| MCGEE ON ROAD EQUIPMENT LLC DOT: 669951 • WEST GARDINER | 9 | VIEW REPORT |
| HO BOUCHARD INC DOT: 150251 • HAMPDEN | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| CENTRAL MAINE POWER COMPANY DOT: 659116 • AUGUSTA | 7 | VIEW REPORT |
| JOHN T CYR & SONS INC DOT: 192993 • OLD TOWN | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| SIBLEY & SONS CONSTRUCTION INC DOT: 361845 • BANGOR | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| SHAW BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION INC DOT: 754284 • GORHAM | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| KNG TRANSPORTATION DOT: 2858432 • GARDINER | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| HANCOCK LUMBER COMPANY INC DOT: 270816 • CASCO | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| TROIANO WASTE SERVICES INC DOT: 490876 • SOUTH PORTLAND | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| E J CARRIER INC DOT: 73666 • JACKMAN | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| NORTH STATE TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 1296322 • CARIBOU | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| THOMPSON'S TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 3123379 • MAPLETON | 6 | VIEW REPORT |
| JOHN LUCAS TREE EXPERT COMPANY DOT: 329770 • FALMOUTH | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| VERSANT POWER DOT: 782570 • HAMPDEN | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| C N BROWN COMPANY INC DOT: 50763 • SOUTH PARIS | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| CLIFFORD W PERHAM INC DOT: 51041 • SCARBOROUGH | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| AAA NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND DOT: 555705 • PORTLAND | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| OAKHURST DAIRY DOT: 306662 • PORTLAND | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| DEAD RIVER TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 1954562 • BUCKSPORT | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| BIDDEFORD-SACO-OLD ORCHARD BEACH TRANSIT COMMITTEE DOT: 2578408 • BIDDEFORD | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| HAGAR ENTERPRISES INC DOT: 790092 • DAMARISCOTTA | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| R PEPIN & SONS INC DOT: 18873 • SANFORD | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| ALBERT FARMS INC DOT: 717 • MADAWASKA | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| DUBE TRANSPORT INC DOT: 2057426 • SIDNEY | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| MITCHELL EXCHANGE DOT: 2939790 • GORHAM | 5 | VIEW REPORT |
| HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY DOT: 130636 • BELGRADE | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| FIELDINGS OIL COMPANY INC DOT: 745326 • SCARBOROUGH | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| R C MOORE INC DOT: 154193 • PORTLAND | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| SYSCO NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND INC DOT: 284941 • WESTBROOK | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| EVERETT J PRESCOTT INC DOT: 25286 • GARDINER | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| PORTLAND AIR FREIGHT INC DOT: 192141 • SCARBOROUGH | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| BOLSTER'S RUBBISH REMOVAL LLC DOT: 743331 • BURNHAM | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| NORTHEAST TRANSPORT INC DOT: 288676 • WALDOBORO | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| GCA LOGGING INC DOT: 402754 • AVON | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| POWERS TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 873953 • CLINTON | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| MT WALDO CONCRETE INC DOT: 4201316 • PROSPECT | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| COUNT AND CRUSH DOT: 1747981 • BIDDEFORD | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| MAINE LOGISTIC SOLUTIONS LLC DOT: 3050076 • GREENBUSH | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| AUBURN TRANSPORT INC DOT: 1778444 • AUBURN | 4 | VIEW REPORT |
| CIANBRO EQUIPMENT LLC DOT: 1717504 • PITTSFIELD | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| FABIAN OIL LLC DOT: 745293 • OAKLAND | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| R F CHAMBERLAND INC DOT: 181788 • SAINT AGATHA | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| J F 2 LLC DOT: 1268592 • PORTLAND | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| AGRI-CYCLE ENERGY LLC DOT: 2446991 • SOUTH PORTLAND | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| WILLIAM T GARDNER & SONS INC DOT: 687044 • CHESTER | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| NRF DISTRIBUTORS INC DOT: 206341 • AUGUSTA | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| GORHAM SAND & GRAVEL INC DOT: 755780 • BUXTON | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| NATIVE MAINE OPERATIONS INC DOT: 446033 • WESTBROOK | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| PERRY TRANSPORT INC DOT: 299134 • POLAND | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| OWEN J FOLSOM INC DOT: 755701 • OLD TOWN | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| BEACH FRONT PROPERTIES LLC DOT: 3165612 • BERNARD | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| SETH MCCOYS TRUCKING & EXCAVATING LLC DOT: 1544841 • ALFRED | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| DOUGLAS W JONES INC DOT: 1958954 • BETHEL | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| NELSON PROPERTY SERVICES INC DOT: 2515298 • PORTLAND | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| TIM FLOOD CATTLE COMPANY LLC DOT: 3611130 • CLINTON | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| MCW TRUCKING INC DOT: 623194 • DURHAM | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| DM&J WASTE MANAGEMENT INC DOT: 1991826 • WINTERPORT | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| FALCON TRANSPORTATION LLC DOT: 2533953 • PRESQUE ISLE | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| JEWETT & NOONAN TRANSPORTATION INC DOT: 916634 • GORHAM | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| DUBE ENVIRONMENTAL INC DOT: 1840025 • SIDNEY | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| GENERAL CONTRACTOR VAUGHN D THIBODEAU II INC DOT: 2042799 • BANGOR | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| JASON A LANDRY DOT: 1496225 • SHERMAN | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| CLARK'S MILK TRANSPORT LLC DOT: 1902564 • CLINTON | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| IRVING FOREST PRODUCTS INC DOT: 788108 • DIXFIELD | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| D F WISHART & SONS LLC DOT: 2319720 • CLINTON | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| DUTCH GAP AUTO INC DOT: 826268 • CHESTERVILLE | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| SKIP'S EXPRESS INC DOT: 2969185 • LITTLETON | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| DYNAMITE TRUCKING LLC DOT: 4013256 • NORRIDGEWOCK | 3 | VIEW REPORT |
| LEDGEMERE TRANSPORTATION INC DOT: 271374 • WELLS | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| MAINE OXY ACETYLENE SUPPLY CO DOT: 94444 • AUBURN | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| PISCATAQUA LANDSCAPING & TREE SERVICE LLC DOT: 2957361 • ELIOT | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| WESTERN MAINE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC DOT: 994221 • AUBURN | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| ATLANTIC POWER CONSTRUCTORS LLC DOT: 3913185 • MANCHESTER | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| CHAPMAN TRUCKING INC DOT: 248771 • AUBURN | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| EUROVIA ATLANTIC COAST DOT: 4021751 • BANGOR | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| R J GRONDIN & SONS DOT: 571593 • GORHAM | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| A & A BROCHU LLC DOT: 2832272 • DOVER-FOXCROFT | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| ELDREDGE LUMBER & HARDWARE INC DOT: 387755 • YORK | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| RIVERSIDE DISPOSAL INC DOT: 832542 • CHELSEA | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| MCQUADE TIDD INDUSTRIES DOT: 164914 • HOULTON | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| WASTE MANAGEMENT OF MAINE INC DOT: 297498 • PORTLAND | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| Q-TEAM INC DOT: 1004122 • NAPLES | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| NORTHEAST CABLE CONSTRUCTION DOT: 2324313 • HERMON | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM INC DOT: 1348228 • PORTLAND | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| NITRAM EXCAVATION & GENERAL CONTRACTOR INC DOT: 944889 • BENTON | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| PORTLAND AIRPORT LIMOUSINE COMPANY INC DOT: 206013 • SACO | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| PINE POINT TRUCKING DOT: 2942472 • SACO | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| LIWS OF NEW ENGLAND WASTE SERVICES LLC DOT: 4331773 • MEXICO | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| VALLEY DISTRIBUTORS INC DOT: 296549 • LEWISTON | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| GREGORY'S DISPOSAL INC DOT: 3349699 • FAIRFIELD | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| YORK COUNTY COMMUNITY ACTION CORPORATION DOT: 885814 • SANFORD | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| BOB'S CASH FUEL INC DOT: 785025 • MADISON | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| MAINE DISTRIBUTORS DOT: 150318 • BANGOR | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| K & E TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATES INC DOT: 585131 • WEST NEWFIELD | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| WEST RIDGE FARMS INC DOT: 1774951 • MARS HILL | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| HERBERT C HAYNES INC DOT: 25248 • WINN | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
| ALL TIME TOWING & AUTOMOTIVE LLC DOT: 3025072 • PLYMOUTH | 2 | VIEW REPORT |
Data Sources & Methodology
Last updated: 2026-08-31. Data refresh occurs monthly. Fatality counts represent all motor vehicle crashes, not exclusively commercial vehicle incidents.