Carrier profile · USDOT 1932538 · MC-690207 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LM Trans Inc

22 power unitsavg 10.6 yrRegional · 3 statesGLENDALE, CA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-690207 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 38.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 40 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 3.0 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

47 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 6

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 22-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
22
Inspections · 24 mo
47
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
8%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance20 · 8 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 11 total · 3 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20251001
20242012
20231001
20221011
20211001
20201001
20192002
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 7, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 22, 2024CA01Yes
Aug 6, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 13, 2023AZ00Yes
Feb 22, 2022CA01Yes
Jan 22, 2021CA00Yes
Nov 15, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 6, 2019CA00Yes
Nov 2, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2015CA00Yes