Carrier profile · USDOT 96606 · MC-119837 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Ozark Motor Lines Inc

749 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 28 statesMEMPHIS, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-119837 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksozark.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 16.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 409 vehicle and 1,121 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.2% · 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 11.3 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

1,079 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 61

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 749-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
749
Inspections · 24 mo
1,121
Annualized
≈561 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
32%
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 Driving354 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance99 · 94 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 11 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

104 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

56ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
18False logs
26Drove over hours

Trending worse — 59% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,318 total · 67 in 24 mo

1,318
Total crashes
67
In last 24 mo
42
Fatal
502
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
202611069
20254411541
2024220918
20234811946
20224231340
20214341839
20204911547
20194421842
20186121860
20174401143
20164501144
20154301342
20145201551
20135311552
20123431331
20113831138
20103501433
20094331540
20085252349
20074431540
20065942455
20053911435
20045821856
20033501732
20024511938
20013101428
20004402140
19994502341
19983811734
19972201321
1996170916
1995140912
19947075
1993101610
19923012
19912011
19902021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 13, 2026TX00Yes
May 29, 2026TN01Yes
May 28, 2026MO01No
May 4, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 1, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IL01Yes
Feb 18, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 31, 2026KY01Yes
Jan 28, 2026TX01No
Jan 25, 2026KY01Yes
Jan 24, 2026VA00Yes
Dec 30, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 27, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 22, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 17, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 15, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 14, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 13, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 10, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 2, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 11, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 10, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 8, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 26, 2025AR00Yes
Oct 25, 2025TX00Yes