ARO TRANS LLC Safety Record

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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered 10/24/2024

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS —% (24-mo)0 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS —% (24-mo)0 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

36.4% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 14.1 pts across the window — latest above the 22.26% national benchmark.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · 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 Driving25
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance4
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 09/19/2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242012
20237017
20226026
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
11/08/2024IL00Yes
01/06/2024CA02Yes
10/10/2023AZ00Yes
09/25/2023WY00Yes
08/03/2023IL00Yes
05/11/2023CA00Yes
03/31/2023IL00Yes
02/24/2023TX03Yes
02/24/2023CO00Yes
11/08/2022MO02Yes
07/17/2022IA00Yes
07/03/2022GA01Yes
02/22/2022WI00Yes
02/05/2022TX00Yes
01/06/2022MT00Yes