Carrier profile · USDOT 1686506 · MC-640960 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

MAX TRANSPORTATION LLC

32 power unitsavg 10.3 yrRegional · 6 statesAVON, CT94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-640960 ACTIVE
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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 17.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 71 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 7.1 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

70 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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 32-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
71
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
63%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
66%
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 Maintenance45 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

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

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20242002
20221001
20211001
20203012
20182002
20171001
20153003
20141001
20131001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 25, 2025CT00Yes
Nov 4, 2024CT00Yes
Nov 4, 2024CT00Yes
Oct 5, 2022CT00Yes
Nov 23, 2021MA00Yes
Jul 13, 2020CT01No
Jul 6, 2020CT00Yes
May 1, 2020CT00Yes
Dec 10, 2018NJ00Yes
Oct 25, 2018CT00Yes
Jan 9, 2017CT00Yes
Nov 19, 2015CT00Yes
May 14, 2015NY00Yes
May 8, 2015NJ00Yes
Nov 21, 2014NJ00Yes
Oct 25, 2013NJ00Yes
Dec 17, 2011CT00Yes