Carrier profile · USDOT 679952 · MC-316246 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

ADVANTAGE TRANSPORTATION INC

DBA ADVANTAGE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

54 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 29 statesSALT LAKE CITY, UT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-316246 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksadvantagetran.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 19.6%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 — 46 vehicle and 114 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

114 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 10

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 54-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
54
Inspections · 24 mo
114
Annualized
≈57 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving59 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 12 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 48 total · 2 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20243003
20223003
20213103
20205053
20191010
2018110111
20171011
20162002
20153003
20145115
20132012
20111001
20101011
20092002
20081011
20062002
20031011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026NM02Yes
Sep 7, 2024FL00Yes
Jun 18, 2024CO00Yes
Jun 5, 2024CA00Yes
Jul 11, 2022WY00Yes
Apr 16, 2022NV00Yes
Feb 3, 2022IL00Yes
Jul 23, 2021NE00Yes
Jul 9, 2021NV10Yes
Jan 25, 2021NV00Yes
Dec 16, 2020PA05Yes
Dec 14, 2020IL01Yes
Jul 23, 2020WA01No
Jun 10, 2020KY04No
Jan 14, 2020ID01Yes
Dec 5, 2019UT02No
Dec 12, 2018UT00Yes
Dec 3, 2018ID00Yes
Nov 20, 2018FL00Yes
Oct 8, 2018FL03Yes
Sep 14, 2018WY00Yes
Aug 14, 2018UT00Yes
Jul 25, 2018CA00Yes
Jul 14, 2018UT00Yes
Apr 27, 2018IL00Yes