Carrier profile · USDOT 160385 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

AME INC

56 power unitsavg 15.2 yrLocal · 2 statesFORT MILL, SC74/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY

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 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 13 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 50.0 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 2

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.

Thin coverage

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.1 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Few roadside inspections for a 56-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: 56
Inspections · 24 mo: 13
Annualized: ≈7 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

4measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving11 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.23 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 21 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 17 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2024	2	0	1	2
2022	1	0	1	1
2020	2	0	1	2
2018	1	0	0	1
2016	2	0	0	2
2015	2	0	1	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	0
2003	1	0	0	1
2002	1	0	1	1
2001	1	0	0	1
1996	1	0	1	1
1995	1	1	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Aug 23, 2024	SC	0	1	Yes
Apr 8, 2024	NC	0	0	Yes
Apr 15, 2022	NC	0	1	Yes
Jul 8, 2020	SC	0	1	Yes
May 26, 2020	SC	0	0	Yes
Aug 22, 2018	SC	0	0	Yes
Sep 8, 2016	SC	0	0	Yes
Apr 22, 2016	NC	0	0	Yes
Oct 12, 2015	SC	0	1	Yes
Jul 2, 2015	NC	0	0	Yes
Jun 3, 2013	NC	0	0	Yes
Apr 18, 2006	NC	0	1	No
Mar 10, 2003	NC	0	0	Yes
Nov 19, 2002	NC	0	1	Yes
Oct 16, 2001	SC	0	0	Yes
May 6, 1996	SC	0	1	Yes
Nov 14, 1995	NC	1	1	Yes