Carrier profile · USDOT 538227 · MC-91202 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Foss Auto Recycling Transportation Inc

103 power unitsavg 10.1 yrRegional · 4 statesLA GRANGE, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-91202 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksfossrecycling.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 21.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 119 vehicle and 245 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.7% · 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 4.8 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

234 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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 103-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
103
Inspections · 24 mo
245
Annualized
≈123 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

14%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 20 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 42 total · 6 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252002
20244013
20236006
20223013
20212012
20203023
20196046
20183023
20172012
20162012
20131011
20112112
20081011
19991001
19981001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 26, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 9, 2026NC00Yes
Mar 27, 2026TN00Yes
May 1, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 25, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 9, 2024NC00Yes
May 30, 2024NC01No
Mar 2, 2024NC00Yes
Feb 19, 2024NC00Yes
Dec 22, 2023NC00Yes
Jul 10, 2023VA00Yes
Jun 14, 2023NC00Yes
May 31, 2023VA00Yes
Mar 22, 2023NC00Yes
Feb 16, 2023NC00Yes
Aug 16, 2022NC00Yes
May 25, 2022NC00Yes
Jan 10, 2022NC01Yes
Jul 27, 2021VA00Yes
Jan 13, 2021NC01Yes
Dec 17, 2020NC01Yes
Aug 31, 2020VA00Yes
Mar 19, 2020NC02Yes
Nov 8, 2019NC01Yes
Oct 28, 2019NC00Yes