Carrier profile · USDOT 252487 · MC-177575 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Morristown Driver's Service Inc

DBA MDS

234 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 29 statesMORRISTOWN, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-177575 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 27.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 126 vehicle and 302 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.4% · 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 2.7 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

294 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 18

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 234-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
234
Inspections · 24 mo
302
Annualized
≈151 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving125 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 50 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 11 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 332 total · 25 in 24 mo

332
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
12
Fatal
128
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265005
2025160116
2024121111
2023161516
2022100310
2021150314
2020220622
2019190419
2018201720
2017222820
2016201820
20156006
20148057
2013181618
2012120412
20115015
20108077
20097034
20089157
20077026
2006111711
20056136
20045051
20035024
20027036
20017057
20005134
19997046
19985034
19976154
19961001
19953023
19944044
19931011
19922021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 21, 2026TN00Yes
Mar 15, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 9, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 7, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 30, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 2, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 5, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 3, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 13, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 24, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 13, 2025KY00Yes
Jul 2, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 1, 2025VA02Yes
May 5, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 18, 2025UT00Yes
Mar 7, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 19, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 30, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 23, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 9, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 11, 2024NC00Yes
Oct 30, 2024TN10No
Sep 30, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 18, 2024PA02Yes