COMTRAN INC 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.

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

Vehicle OOS 17.8% (24-mo)45 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1% (24-mo)96 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

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

16.7% now▲ Worsening

Trailing rate up 9.4 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
96
Annualized
48 / yr
Coverage
1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
29%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
44%
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 Driving44
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 05/15/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 36 total · 6 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20245015
20234024
20224124
20212002
20201001
20192012
20182012
20163023
20121001
20101010
20071001
19971001
19951011
19941001
19931001
19922011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
04/28/2026MS00Yes
11/17/2025MS00Yes
08/04/2025TX00Yes
12/28/2024AR00Yes
10/25/2024MO00Yes
08/05/2024LA01Yes
07/13/2024OK00Yes
01/06/2024MS00Yes
11/16/2023MS01Yes
10/11/2023AR00Yes
08/09/2023OK01Yes
02/24/2023MO00Yes
10/06/2022TN00Yes
10/03/2022IN00Yes
08/12/2022AR11Yes
02/25/2022TX01Yes
08/30/2021IL00Yes
02/17/2021MO00Yes
10/14/2020IL00Yes
09/06/2019MS01Yes
01/24/2019AR00Yes
11/14/2018AR00Yes
07/13/2018MS01Yes
05/17/2016GA00Yes
03/25/2016AL01Yes