Carrier profile · USDOT 3152220 · MC-105576 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Otto Trans Inc

24 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 37 statesKING OF PRUSSIA, PA63/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-105576 INACTIVE
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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 23.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 159 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

38.9% · 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 18.7 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

155 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 23

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
≈3.3 / 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
24
Inspections · 24 mo
159
Annualized
≈80 / yr
Coverage
≈3.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

44%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving60 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 11 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20257027
20245025
20222012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 12, 2026TX01Yes
Oct 7, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 4, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 17, 2025IN00Yes
May 27, 2025NY01Yes
May 9, 2025CA01Yes
Mar 13, 2025PA00Yes
Feb 17, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 10, 2024NJ00Yes
Oct 22, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 7, 2024NY02Yes
Mar 29, 2024CA00Yes
Jan 16, 2024PA00Yes
Jun 21, 2022FL01Yes
Jun 6, 2022SC00Yes