Carrier profile · USDOT 2074781 · MC-153615 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ELS LLC

DBA ELS

50 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 9 statesWEST MEMPHIS, AR74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-153615 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 37.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 54 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

52.9% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 5.9 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

86 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 8

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 50-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
50
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
37%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving112 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 143 total · 6 in 24 mo

143
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
55
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252002
20242002
20236156
202210049
2021140713
2020131113
20191601014
2018171516
2017130511
2016130413
2015151515
20143033
20133023
20124014
20117026
20102112
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 9, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 4, 2026NC00Yes
Oct 22, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 8, 2024OH00Yes
Jan 5, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2023SC10Yes
Sep 29, 2023SC01Yes
Aug 10, 2023IN01Yes
Jun 8, 2023SC01Yes
Feb 28, 2023AR01Yes
Jan 30, 2023NV01Yes
Nov 19, 2022OH00Yes
Jul 7, 2022NC01Yes
Jun 20, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 15, 2022TN00Yes
May 17, 2022LA01Yes
Mar 31, 2022VA00Yes
Mar 14, 2022AL00Yes
Mar 11, 2022NC01Yes
Feb 2, 2022FL01No
Jan 10, 2022TN00Yes
Sep 10, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 8, 2021SC01No