Carrier profile · USDOT 120195 · MC-44128 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

EPES TRANSPORT SYSTEM LLC

896 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 35 statesGREENSBORO, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-44128 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksepestransport.comFMCSA SAFER

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 22.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 630 vehicle and 1,465 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.1% · 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

1,394 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 85

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 896-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
896
Inspections · 24 mo
1,465
Annualized
≈733 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
44%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
50%
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 Driving518 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance217 · 196 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance97 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance69 · 20 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance43 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance36 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance31 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving30 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 9 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

208 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

146ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
9False logs
36Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,222 total · 60 in 24 mo

1,222
Total crashes
60
In last 24 mo
37
Fatal
491
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026110711
20253201328
20244901845
20235111847
20224541845
20215301249
20207642874
20196502163
20187112370
20175001349
20164301640
20154301943
20145922857
20134401642
20123341332
20113511532
20104711844
20093521332
20083321030
20073411930
20062831527
2005230723
20041901018
20032721324
20022621225
20013011428
20002811524
19992511521
19982001120
19972621223
1996150715
1995160815
1994140913
19934034
19926126
19912001
19904101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 28, 2026VA01Yes
May 6, 2026WV01Yes
Apr 26, 2026FL01Yes
Mar 16, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 9, 2026NC01Yes
Feb 27, 2026MS00Yes
Feb 25, 2026NC01Yes
Feb 16, 2026FL02Yes
Feb 15, 2026NC00Yes
Feb 10, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 26, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 2, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 25, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 10, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 31, 2025LA01Yes
Oct 9, 2025NC01Yes
Oct 9, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 12, 2025VA00Yes
Aug 28, 2025NC01No
Aug 21, 2025SC01Yes
Aug 21, 2025TN02Yes
Aug 21, 2025DE00Yes
Aug 15, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 8, 2025GA02Yes
Aug 6, 2025GA01No