Carrier profile · USDOT 917131 · MC-196480 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MFS FLEET INC

2,073 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 45 statesTEMPLE, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-196480 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmclaneco.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 17.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,032 vehicle and 1,814 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 2.4 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

1,774 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 105

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 2,073-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
2,073
Inspections · 24 mo
1,851
Annualized
≈926 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

36%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
60%
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 Driving796 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance240 · 202 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance228 · 42 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance145 · 41 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance98 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance97 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance70 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance66 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance66 · 31 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance61 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

241ELD device issues
21No log / no ELD
14False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 777 total · 125 in 24 mo

777
Total crashes
125
In last 24 mo
24
Fatal
262
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026232722
20256622562
20248552684
20236911966
20226402062
20218852784
20207712775
20199342988
20187432772
20178002878
20112021
20102012
20092002
20082011
20071001
20061011
20052002
20043012
20034033
20022301223
2001141513
20002011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 19, 2026TX10Yes
Jun 13, 2026TX01Yes
May 26, 2026MO00Yes
May 11, 2026KY01Yes
Apr 30, 2026GA00Yes
Apr 28, 2026TX02Yes
Apr 4, 2026WA00Yes
Apr 3, 2026IN00Yes
Apr 2, 2026WV00Yes
Mar 20, 2026FL01No
Mar 16, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 11, 2026MD00Yes
Mar 11, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 11, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 2, 2026MN00Yes
Feb 27, 2026KS00Yes
Feb 19, 2026MO01Yes
Feb 13, 2026OR00Yes
Jan 23, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 14, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 9, 2026CA01Yes
Jan 5, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 2, 2026AZ10Yes
Dec 28, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 21, 2025SC00Yes