Carrier profile · USDOT 945120 · MC-481228 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

B T S Carrier Inc

13 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesWAYNE, MI75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-481228 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 29.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 27 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 6

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
96%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
59%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

27 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
15False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 3 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20241011
20231011
20193113
20172012
20165015
20153013
20132002
20122002
20112020
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 29, 2025MI00Yes
Apr 29, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 7, 2024TX03Yes
Jun 13, 2023AL01Yes
May 30, 2019MI00Yes
Feb 11, 2019IL11Yes
Jan 18, 2019IL00Yes
Dec 7, 2017MI00Yes
Jul 28, 2017IL03Yes
Jul 21, 2016NY03Yes
Jun 21, 2016PA00Yes
Jun 21, 2016PA00Yes
Apr 15, 2016IL00Yes
Feb 2, 2016TN00Yes
Oct 9, 2015PA02Yes
Aug 25, 2015KY00Yes
Apr 6, 2015MI00Yes
Aug 15, 2013AR00Yes
Mar 6, 2013IN00Yes
Nov 1, 2012MI00Yes
Aug 27, 2012MI00Yes
Sep 8, 2011PA01No
Feb 28, 2011OK02No
Aug 16, 2010PA01Yes