Carrier profile · USDOT 3027695 · MC-37765 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

APPLE TRANS INC

15 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 15 statesCENTERVILLE, OH74/100

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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 39.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 15.1%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 33 vehicle and 53 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 5.7 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 53
Annualized: ≈27 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

94%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

86%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

35%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

89%

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.

395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance41 · 0 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving21 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 9 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

70ELD device issues

3No log / no ELD

15False logs

3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 99% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 3 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year		Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026		3	0	0	3

Date	State	Tow-away
Jun 5, 2026	MO	Yes
Jan 5, 2026	PA	Yes
Jan 1, 2026	OK	Yes