Carrier profile · USDOT 1278850 · MC-497943 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Crst Specialized Transportation Inc

DBA SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION INC

570 power unitsavg 7.8 yrNational · 46 statesFT WAYNE, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-497943 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 20.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 338 vehicle and 631 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · 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 11.7 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

618 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 50

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 570-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
570
Inspections · 24 mo
631
Annualized
≈316 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving241 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance74 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance70 · 56 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance55 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance37 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

78 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

53ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
6Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 455 total · 34 in 24 mo

455
Total crashes
34
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
174
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269029
2025130611
2024200620
2023110211
2022180616
20212611425
2020170815
2019200819
2018222819
20172001017
2016270925
20152501125
20142911027
201311039
2012220921
2011180816
2010170616
2009261925
20083001229
20072901129
2006220522
20052111020
20042012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026MS01Yes
Apr 21, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 6, 2026NY00Yes
Mar 4, 2026WI00Yes
Feb 24, 2026WY00Yes
Feb 23, 2026WI01Yes
Feb 18, 2026AZ00Yes
Feb 4, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 31, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 6, 2025WY01Yes
Oct 26, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 30, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 28, 2025IA00Yes
Aug 5, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 6, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 3, 2025NY03No
Jun 20, 2025NJ01Yes
Apr 4, 2025NC01No
Mar 15, 2025SD00Yes
Mar 6, 2025IA01Yes
Jan 22, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 3, 2025CA02Yes
Nov 20, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 15, 2024OH01Yes
Nov 14, 2024UT00Yes