Carrier profile · USDOT 1662229 · MC-611251 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Ambassador Transport Inc

12 power unitsavg 13.4 yrNational · 18 statesDEARBORN, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-611251 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 45.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 29.0 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Alert
46%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
10False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231011
20212002
20171001
20161001
20152002
20132012
20122012
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 1, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 3, 2023GA01Yes
Jun 30, 2021KY00Yes
Apr 30, 2021AR00Yes
Jul 7, 2017TX00Yes
Dec 11, 2016OH00Yes
Feb 12, 2015MI00Yes
Jan 25, 2015OH00Yes
Nov 6, 2013TX01Yes
May 3, 2013TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2012TX01Yes
Apr 23, 2012IL00Yes
Feb 18, 2011OR00Yes