Carrier profile · USDOT 693137 · MC-321415 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ABSOLUTE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC

19 power unitsavg 14.9 yrRegional · 3 statesHAZLETON, PA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-321415 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 31.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 4.2 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

36 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 5

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
12%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
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.

  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance29 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 19, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 27 total · 9 in 24 mo

27
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255044
20244134
20233003
20223023
20211001
20202002
20191011
20141001
20131001
20121001
20101001
20071001
20041001
20031001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026PA01Yes
Dec 11, 2025NY01Yes
Nov 6, 2025NY03Yes
Sep 15, 2025NY02Yes
Apr 25, 2025NY01No
Feb 12, 2025NJ00Yes
Nov 4, 2024NJ10Yes
Sep 23, 2024NJ02Yes
Sep 11, 2024NJ01Yes
Feb 14, 2024PA02Yes
Sep 18, 2023NJ00Yes
Sep 12, 2023NJ00Yes
Jan 7, 2023NJ00Yes
Dec 9, 2022NJ02Yes
Dec 1, 2022NJ02Yes
Jul 22, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 18, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 25, 2020NY00Yes
Mar 16, 2020MD00Yes
May 12, 2019VA01Yes
Jan 24, 2014NJ00Yes
Jul 9, 2013NJ00Yes
Feb 2, 2012NJ00Yes
Mar 20, 2010NJ00Yes
Mar 9, 2007NJ00Yes