Carrier profile · USDOT 2014429 · MC-709527 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ASH TRANSPORT LLC

43 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 21 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-709527 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 25.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 76 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 13.8 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

76 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 10

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 43-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
43
Inspections · 24 mo
76
Annualized
≈38 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
63%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
49%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 28 total · 7 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255025
20231001
20221001
20202021
20183003
20171011
20161011
20153013
20142012
20133003
20123003
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 23, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 27, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 31, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 21, 2025GA01Yes
Sep 9, 2025GA01Yes
Aug 12, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 1, 2023TN00Yes
Oct 3, 2022CO00Yes
Feb 10, 2020TX01No
Jan 11, 2020TN01Yes
Nov 27, 2018GA00Yes
Sep 25, 2018PA00Yes
Jan 4, 2018NJ00Yes
Jul 30, 2017VA01Yes
May 27, 2016GA03Yes
Sep 16, 2015MS01Yes
Sep 9, 2015VA00Yes
Feb 4, 2015GA00Yes
Apr 7, 2014WV00Yes
Jan 28, 2014NC04Yes
Jun 20, 2013MA00Yes
Jun 4, 2013PA00Yes
Feb 21, 2013NE00Yes
Nov 19, 2012NY00Yes