Carrier profile · USDOT 1151228 · MC-464653 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

American Transportation Systems

DBA AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION

0 power unitsavg 14.6 yrLocal · 2 statesLONG BEACH, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-464653 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 13.1%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 — 305 vehicle and 9 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.9% · 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 15.0 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

285 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 27

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
official FMCSA
Hours-of-Service
0violations
official FMCSA
Driver Fitness
0violations
official FMCSA
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
38%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance70 · 19 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving58 · 0 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 43 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance36 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.91 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 29, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 10 total · 4 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20241001
20232122
20221011
20211011
20192002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 23, 2026NV00Yes
Sep 10, 2025CA00Yes
Apr 18, 2025CA00Yes
Sep 23, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 1, 2023AZ15Yes
Jan 31, 2023CA01Yes
Jan 19, 2022CA01Yes
May 3, 2021CA02Yes
Dec 6, 2019CA00Yes
Aug 29, 2019CA00Yes