Carrier profile · USDOT 871981 · MC-382095 · Updated Aug 4, 2026

M & a Transport Inc

45 power unitsavg 15.9 yrRegional · 6 statesAVONMORE, PA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-382095 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 35.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 37 vehicle and 73 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 16.1 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

72 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
73
Annualized
≈37 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 57 total · 2 in 24 mo

57
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20243003
20235025
20222012
20212012
20202022
20193003
20189078
20174014
20169049
20159029
20143003
20133023
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 23, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 15, 2025PA01Yes
Jul 8, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 15, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 20, 2024OH00Yes
Dec 3, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 30, 2023PA01Yes
Oct 15, 2023OH00Yes
May 23, 2023OH00Yes
Apr 21, 2023PA01Yes
Mar 29, 2022PA00Yes
Jan 25, 2022PA01Yes
Apr 11, 2021PA00Yes
Mar 12, 2021PA01Yes
Nov 12, 2020VA02Yes
Oct 21, 2020AL01Yes
Dec 9, 2019PA00Yes
Oct 21, 2019PA00Yes
Jan 28, 2019PA00Yes
Dec 21, 2018PA01Yes
Dec 21, 2018PA01Yes
Oct 23, 2018TX02Yes
Aug 23, 2018PA01Yes
Aug 21, 2018PA02Yes
Jun 26, 2018PA00Yes