Carrier profile · USDOT 439352 · MC-191929 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

ASCEND TRANSPORTATION LLC

358 power unitsavg 4.7 yrNational · 39 statesJACKSON, TN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-191929 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 34.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 312 vehicle and 685 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.2% · 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 8.2 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

653 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 43

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 358-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
358
Inspections · 24 mo
685
Annualized
≈343 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
70%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving262 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance137 · 112 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance53 · 26 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance43 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance43 · 13 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance38 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance25 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 11 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

151 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

65ELD device issues
24No log / no ELD
16False logs
38Drove over hours

Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 167 total · 27 in 24 mo

167
Total crashes
27
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
63
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264114
2025151515
2024152515
2023300729
2022281827
20212002
20206036
20194024
20182002
20174024
20166036
20152012
20142012
20133023
20123023
20113012
20091001
20081011
20063113
20053013
20043023
20035135
20026056
20012012
20002002
19981011
19971011
19961011
19953003
19941011
19932011
19921011
19911000
19901000
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 27, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 9, 2026IN10Yes
Feb 6, 2026TN01Yes
Dec 19, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 13, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 29, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 3, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 22, 2025TN11Yes
Aug 20, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 18, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 6, 2025MS00Yes
Apr 5, 2025MS00Yes
Mar 23, 2025MO01Yes
Mar 11, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 28, 2025AL00Yes
Feb 4, 2025GA01Yes
Jan 19, 2025KY00Yes
Jan 16, 2025AR01Yes
Dec 28, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 7, 2024VA00Yes
Nov 1, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 23, 2024KY01Yes
Sep 17, 2024TN11Yes
Sep 17, 2024TN12Yes