Carrier profile · USDOT 1242294 · MC-488534 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

ALPHA TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS INC

21 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 5 statesCONCORD, NC74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-488534 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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 24 vehicle and 77 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 10.3 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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 7

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
≈1.8 / 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
21
Inspections · 24 mo
77
Annualized
≈39 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
11%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
94%
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 Driving56 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

59 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

37ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
6False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 3 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20242012
20232011
20225015
20201001
20191001
20161001
20151011
20121011
20071011
20061001
20051001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 24, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 10, 2026VA00Yes
Dec 30, 2024NC03Yes
Apr 5, 2024SC00Yes
May 22, 2023NC01No
May 1, 2023SC00Yes
Sep 5, 2022TN00Yes
Jun 22, 2022SC01Yes
May 16, 2022SC00Yes
Apr 6, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 14, 2022NC00Yes
Dec 17, 2020NC00Yes
Nov 25, 2019NC00Yes
Oct 16, 2016SC00Yes
Sep 19, 2015GA01Yes
May 28, 2012GA01Yes
Apr 20, 2007NC01Yes
Feb 2, 2006GA00Yes
Dec 6, 2005NC00Yes