Carrier profile · USDOT 2534805 · MC-881285 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MSO TRANSPORTATION LLC

41 power unitsavg 10.9 yrNational · 33 statesDALLAS, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-881285 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 35.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 101 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.7% · 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 14.5 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

98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 13

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
101
Annualized
≈51 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
49%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
89%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance50 · 25 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance38 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

60 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
35False logs
1Drove over hours

9 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20241001
20233013
20223013
20212011
20202002
20192022
20182002
20172012
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026SD00Yes
Feb 11, 2026AL00Yes
May 7, 2024KS00Yes
Dec 4, 2023FL01Yes
Aug 20, 2023MD00Yes
Jan 6, 2023WY00Yes
Dec 13, 2022MO00Yes
Nov 18, 2022LA01Yes
Apr 17, 2022MT00Yes
Aug 18, 2021TX00Yes
Jul 19, 2021LA02No
Oct 11, 2020NC00Yes
Aug 19, 2020CA00Yes
Nov 21, 2019MS02Yes
Nov 9, 2019MS01Yes
Jun 13, 2018NV00Yes
Mar 28, 2018TN00Yes
Dec 19, 2017TX00Yes
Oct 21, 2017OK02Yes
Aug 21, 2015WY00Yes