Carrier profile · USDOT 3858440 · MC-1408726 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Nine Transportation Group Inc

7 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 29 statesMEMPHIS, TN0/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1408726 INACTIVEOUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER
Verified linksninetransportation.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.

Active federal out-of-service order — do not tender

Denial of Access · ordered Jan 15, 2026

FMCSA has ordered this carrier to cease operations. Verify current status with FMCSA before any tender.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 36.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 60 vehicle and 150 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

147 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈10.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
150
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈10.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving103 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 19 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 93% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 10 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20258038
20242002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2025MS01Yes
Jul 16, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 18, 2025DE01Yes
May 31, 2025VA00Yes
May 25, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 22, 2025CT00Yes
Mar 2, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 10, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 25, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 20, 2024PA00Yes