Carrier profile · USDOT 1185240 · MC-510783 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MS Transport Inc

18 power unitsavg 4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesRICHLAND, MS94/100
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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 19.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 17.6 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

44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 18-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
18
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
≈23 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
37%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
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 Driving21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 2 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20231001
20217027
20203013
20192012
20181001
20161001
20131011
20121001
20111001
20101001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 7, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 9, 2026AL00Yes
Dec 14, 2023LA00Yes
Sep 20, 2021TN00Yes
Aug 19, 2021AL00Yes
Jun 1, 2021MS00Yes
May 28, 2021AL01Yes
May 25, 2021LA00Yes
Apr 22, 2021LA01Yes
Mar 4, 2021KY00Yes
Dec 10, 2020AL01Yes
Nov 2, 2020AL00Yes
Mar 11, 2020AL00Yes
Nov 5, 2019KY02Yes
Jul 31, 2019AL00Yes
Oct 11, 2018AL00Yes
Nov 7, 2016KY00Yes
Jun 17, 2013FL01Yes
Mar 5, 2012AL00Yes
Jun 18, 2011MS00Yes
Feb 19, 2010MS00Yes
Mar 12, 2007MS00Yes