Carrier profile · USDOT 281435 · MC-183142 · Updated Jul 12, 2026

MSS Transport Inc

5 power unitsavg 10.7 yrRegional · 6 statesSALINA, KS87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-183142 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmsstrans.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 8 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 12.5 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

8 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 5-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
5
Inspections · 24 mo
8
Annualized
≈4 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
2.85measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 12 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20221001
20212012
20161001
20111001
20092012
20081001
20071001
20051001
20031001
20021001
20001001
19972020
19961010
19951001
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2025WY03Yes
Oct 31, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 5, 2021MO01Yes
Feb 4, 2021WV00Yes
Mar 2, 2016KS00Yes
Mar 13, 2011MO00Yes
Jul 1, 2009CO01Yes
May 22, 2009IL00Yes
Jun 19, 2008NJ00Yes
Jun 25, 2007KS00Yes
Mar 11, 2005KS00Yes
Jan 20, 2003OR00Yes
Mar 13, 2002MO00Yes
Mar 21, 2000PA00Yes
Nov 24, 1997KS01No
Apr 10, 1997KS01No
May 2, 1996KS02No
Jun 11, 1995KS00Yes
Feb 7, 1992KS00Yes