Carrier profile · USDOT 1772445 · MC-646966 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

M4 TRANSPORTATION LLC

53 power unitsavg 12 yrRegional · 5 statesFONTANA, CA75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-646966 ACTIVE
Verified linksm4trans.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 23.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 116 vehicle and 108 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.7% · 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 8.4 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

133 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 53-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
53
Inspections · 24 mo
135
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
84%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
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 Driving44 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 20 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242002
20231001
20222002
20203113
20135014
20121001
20112022
20102002
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 1, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 27, 2024NV00Yes
Aug 31, 2023CA00Yes
Nov 23, 2022CA00Yes
Sep 12, 2022AZ00Yes
Sep 16, 2020CA00Yes
Mar 6, 2020CA10Yes
Jan 16, 2020OK01Yes
Aug 11, 2013WA00Yes
Jun 27, 2013WA00Yes
Jun 11, 2013WA00Yes
Mar 23, 2013WA00Yes
Jan 21, 2013WA01No
Jan 31, 2012OR00Yes
Jun 22, 2011CA02Yes
Apr 5, 2011CA01Yes
Dec 2, 2010OR00Yes
Oct 17, 2010CA00Yes
Dec 12, 2009OR00Yes