Carrier profile · USDOT 2538853 · MC-883117 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CTS National Corporation

130 power unitsavg 7.8 yrNational · 33 statesCLEVELAND, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-883117 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 19.9%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 — 191 vehicle and 323 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.6% · 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

320 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 20

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 130-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
130
Inspections · 24 mo
323
Annualized
≈162 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving89 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance42 · 11 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 20 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 8 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

87 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.

64ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
12False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 7 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254023
20243013
20236053
20227127
20215025
20202012
20193123
20182101
20171001
20163013
20153023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 27, 2026MO00Yes
Jun 11, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 17, 2026TN04Yes
Oct 15, 2025WA01Yes
Oct 7, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 10, 2025FL01No
Feb 8, 2025WY00Yes
May 31, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 1, 2024UT00Yes
Jan 26, 2024OK02Yes
Jul 26, 2023FL01No
Jun 19, 2023TX01No
May 26, 2023TN01No
Apr 20, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2023WY04Yes
Mar 6, 2023WY02Yes
Dec 8, 2022WY02Yes
Nov 18, 2022AL00Yes
Sep 17, 2022FL10Yes
Jun 7, 2022FL00Yes
May 15, 2022FL01Yes
Mar 8, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 22, 2022FL00Yes
Oct 15, 2021MO01Yes
Aug 26, 2021GA00Yes