Carrier profile · USDOT 1052359 · MC-495480 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

ACE RELOCATION SYSTEMS INC

DBA MILLS VAN LINES

108 power unitsavg 8.4 yrRegional · 5 statesSAN DIEGO, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-495480 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 12.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 8 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 7.7 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

8 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Mar '25 · 2

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 108-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
108
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Jun 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 8 total · 0 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20201001
20172012
20151001
20122011
20111010
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 6, 2020IL00Yes
Nov 6, 2017IL00Yes
Nov 6, 2017IL02Yes
Jun 27, 2015TX00Yes
Mar 13, 2012GA01No
Jan 13, 2012TX00Yes
May 12, 2011TX01No
Sep 30, 2004WA00Yes