Carrier profile · USDOT 1754891 · MC-642014 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

National Transportation Services Inc

DBA NTS

57 power unitsavg 12.7 yrLocal · 2 statesAUBURN, WA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-642014 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 57.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 112 vehicle and 171 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.1% · 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 18.0 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

167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 15

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 57-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
57
Inspections · 24 mo
171
Annualized
≈86 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance124 · 53 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving92 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance52 · 22 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 24 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 14 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.126 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 14 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 54 total · 10 in 24 mo

54
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
20253013
20244013
20232002
20225014
20218018
20205014
20194014
20183003
20174014
20161001
20153003
20131001
20121001
20113013
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 2, 2026WA00Yes
May 12, 2026WA01Yes
May 8, 2026WA00Yes
Apr 2, 2026WA00Yes
Jan 13, 2026WA00Yes
Jan 12, 2026WA00Yes
Mar 24, 2025WA01Yes
Mar 10, 2025WA00Yes
Jan 4, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 21, 2024WA01No
May 20, 2024WA00Yes
May 10, 2024WA00Yes
Apr 15, 2024WA00Yes
Jul 27, 2023WA00Yes
Mar 27, 2023WA00Yes
Oct 6, 2022WA00Yes
Sep 26, 2022CA01No
Aug 9, 2022WA00Yes
Apr 16, 2022OR00Yes
Jan 7, 2022OR00Yes
Dec 21, 2021OR00Yes
Aug 20, 2021OR00Yes
Jul 3, 2021WA00Yes
Mar 26, 2021CA00Yes
Feb 16, 2021CA00Yes