Carrier profile · USDOT 1023044 · MC-260324 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Memphis City Cartage LLC

DBA REGIONAL TRANSPORT SERVICE

48 power unitsavg 10.1 yrMulti-region · 12 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-260324 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 37.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 69 vehicle and 103 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 45.1 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

97 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 9

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 48-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
103
Annualized
≈52 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

37%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 · 13 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 27 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 1 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231011
20221011
20211011
20202002
20191011
20185025
20171001
20161001
20153013
20135025
20122012
20112012
20103032
20092012
20082002
20072002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 19, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 18, 2023AR02Yes
Oct 11, 2022AR01Yes
Sep 7, 2021TN02Yes
Sep 29, 2020TN00Yes
Sep 2, 2020AR00Yes
Jul 17, 2019TN01Yes
Aug 1, 2018AR01Yes
Jun 14, 2018MS01Yes
May 10, 2018FL00Yes
Mar 28, 2018AR00Yes
Feb 28, 2018TN00Yes
Mar 9, 2017MS00Yes
Nov 10, 2016AR00Yes
Oct 8, 2015IL01Yes
Jun 5, 2015AR00Yes
May 1, 2015IL00Yes
Dec 23, 2013IL01Yes
Nov 20, 2013AR01Yes
May 21, 2013TN00Yes
Jan 15, 2013TN00Yes
Jan 8, 2013TN00Yes
Sep 25, 2012TN00Yes
Jan 25, 2012TN01Yes
Dec 14, 2011IL01Yes