Carrier profile · USDOT 1199507 · MC-477808 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

Awl Transport Inc

DBA TLX

217 power unitsavg 8.4 yrNational · 26 statesMANTUA, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-477808 ACTIVE
Verified linksawltransport.comFMCSA SAFER

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 21.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 130 vehicle and 263 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.2% · 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 2.4 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

250 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 16

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 217-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
217
Inspections · 24 mo
263
Annualized
≈132 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving97 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 19 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
1False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 150 total · 13 in 24 mo

150
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
59
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20259029
20248058
2023111410
2022110310
20219019
20206016
20198047
20187047
2017170815
2016141914
2015121312
2014100410
20136036
2012130712
20117007
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026MS01Yes
Apr 1, 2026MD00Yes
Dec 2, 2025OH01Yes
Sep 25, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 12, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 23, 2025IN00Yes
May 16, 2025KY00Yes
May 16, 2025KY04Yes
Apr 17, 2025SC00Yes
Jan 27, 2025MS00Yes
Jan 20, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 12, 2024KY00Yes
Sep 23, 2024PA02Yes
Jul 9, 2024KY01Yes
Jul 3, 2024KY01Yes
May 30, 2024MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 19, 2024SC01Yes
Jan 9, 2024AL00Yes
Nov 30, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 21, 2023AL00Yes
Nov 7, 2023KY00Yes
Nov 1, 2023OH01Yes
Oct 27, 2023KY00Yes
Aug 15, 2023TN01Yes