Carrier profile · USDOT 2481305 · MC-858725 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

IDEAL TRANS LLC

174 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 40 statesBRISTOL, PA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-858725 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 22.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 180 vehicle and 387 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.5% · 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 11.2 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

372 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 31

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 174-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
174
Inspections · 24 mo
387
Annualized
≈194 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving215 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 43 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance43 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance33 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 11 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness12 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

101 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

56ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
33False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 82 total · 28 in 24 mo

82
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
27
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266006
2025140614
2024230423
2023130612
20224024
20217037
20206036
20192002
20181011
20174014
20161011
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 20, 2026OH00Yes
Jun 19, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 15, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 31, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 30, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 17, 2026MD00Yes
Dec 22, 2025MA01Yes
Nov 21, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 10, 2025MD00Yes
Sep 18, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 8, 2025OK01Yes
Jul 17, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 14, 2025NJ00Yes
Jun 18, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 12, 2025TX00Yes
May 13, 2025PA02Yes
Apr 25, 2025VA01Yes
Apr 23, 2025NJ02Yes
Apr 21, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 21, 2025KS02Yes
Dec 19, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 18, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 7, 2024WV01Yes
Sep 13, 2024UT00Yes
Aug 13, 2024MD00Yes