Carrier profile · USDOT 925129 · MC-399148 · Updated Jul 22, 2026

Norton Transport Inc

1,200 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 48 statesRINGGOLD, GA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-399148 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksnortontransport.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 9.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 690 vehicle and 1,205 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.4% · 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 1.6 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

1,171 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 68

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,200-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,200
Inspections · 24 mo
1,206
Annualized
≈603 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

45%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
79%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
16%
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 Driving460 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving181 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance109 · 56 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance108 · 27 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 31 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 16 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

139 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

14ELD device issues
24No log / no ELD
70False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 151 total · 51 in 24 mo

151
Total crashes
51
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
53
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269039
20252901129
20242901328
2023220621
2022211620
2021120312
20202022
20197007
20183012
20172002
20165125
20153013
20143113
20111011
20071010
20061011
20031010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 28, 2026NC00Yes
Jul 2, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 21, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 21, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 8, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 3, 2026NC01Yes
Feb 16, 2026TX02Yes
Jan 28, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 21, 2026IN01Yes
Dec 29, 2025WI00Yes
Nov 30, 2025IN02Yes
Nov 17, 2025IN02Yes
Nov 11, 2025AZ02Yes
Nov 8, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 7, 2025OH04Yes
Sep 9, 2025NY00Yes
Aug 25, 2025NV00Yes
Aug 12, 2025FL04Yes
Aug 9, 2025IL01Yes
Aug 7, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 7, 2025OR00Yes
Jul 6, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 14, 2025KS01Yes
Jun 4, 2025LA00Yes
Jun 4, 2025LA00Yes