Carrier profile · USDOT 304224 · MC-243255 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Alpha Transport Inc

6 power unitsavg 8 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSALT LAKE CITY, UT88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-243255 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 8.2%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 — 134 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.0% · 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

135 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 13

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
11.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
6
Inspections · 24 mo
143
Annualized
72 / yr
Coverage
11.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Aug 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 76 total · 8 in 24 mo

76
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254104
20246215
20234013
20227017
20214022
20205034
20195034
20182002
20175005
20163003
20153013
20141011
20131001
20125015
20103003
20071001
20062011
20051011
20041011
20011001
20003033
19991010
19982012
19971001
19961001
19931011
19892022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 21, 2026WA00Yes
Oct 6, 2025WA00Yes
Mar 23, 2025WA00Yes
Mar 18, 2025MT00Yes
Jan 29, 2025WA10Yes
Dec 7, 2024WA00Yes
Oct 31, 2024WA00Yes
Aug 28, 2024AZ00Yes
Aug 8, 2024OR01No
Jun 17, 2024AZ10Yes
Mar 22, 2024WA10Yes
Nov 26, 2023WA00Yes
Nov 17, 2023WA00Yes
Oct 30, 2023NV00Yes
Jul 21, 2023OR01No
Sep 1, 2022OR00Yes
Jul 21, 2022OR00Yes
Apr 9, 2022OR00Yes
Mar 2, 2022OR00Yes
Jan 21, 2022ND00Yes
Jan 17, 2022NV01Yes
Jan 6, 2022WA00Yes
Nov 13, 2021WA00Yes
Apr 3, 2021UT01No
Feb 7, 2021UT01No