Carrier profile · USDOT 188891 · MC-152509 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CONTRACT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS CO

893 power unitsavg 6 yrNational · 48 statesCLEVELAND, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152509 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 6.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,883 vehicle and 2,501 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.8% · 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

2,430 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 138

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 893-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
893
Inspections · 24 mo
2,524
Annualized
≈1,262 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving542 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance198 · 37 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance114 · 42 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance70 · 51 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance62 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance54 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance48 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance45 · 9 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance39 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

194 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

147ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
7False logs
20Drove over hours

71 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 622 total · 61 in 24 mo

622
Total crashes
61
In last 24 mo
24
Fatal
232
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026131413
20253001027
2024363932
20233701536
2022242623
20213721137
2020301928
20194311642
20182711125
2017261925
2016250524
20151921118
2014131413
2013201918
2012141413
20118008
20101921019
2009110410
2008150615
2007190817
2006120312
200510059
2004120311
2003110410
20022201220
2001110310
2000130510
19998067
19988165
19975035
19969066
1995131511
199410149
19934044
19924104
19913020
19901101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 1, 2026LA02Yes
Jun 1, 2026CA00Yes
May 22, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 22, 2026CA00Yes
Apr 7, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 23, 2026NV00Yes
Mar 20, 2026WA00Yes
Feb 19, 2026GA01Yes
Feb 16, 2026PA01Yes
Jan 28, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 22, 2026MI01Yes
Jan 7, 2026SC10Yes
Dec 16, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 11, 2025DE00Yes
Dec 8, 2025WA00Yes
Dec 2, 2025NM01Yes
Dec 1, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 26, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 31, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 23, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 8, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 1, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 17, 2025IL02No
Sep 6, 2025IL00Yes