Carrier profile · USDOT 2185026 · MC-758623 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Power Transport Systems LLC

21 power unitsavg 11.7 yrRegional · 5 statesGAITHERSBURG, MD94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-758623 ACTIVEHAZMAT

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 14.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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 5.3 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 9

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
2.0 / 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
21
Inspections · 24 mo
84
Annualized
42 / yr
Coverage
2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent May 29, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 20 total · 1 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20241001
20234034
20221001
20212022
20203023
20193023
20171001
20161001
20151011
20141001
20131011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2025MD01Yes
Jul 3, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 21, 2023MD01Yes
Sep 8, 2023VA01Yes
Feb 3, 2023PA01Yes
Jan 19, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 27, 2022MD00Yes
Nov 16, 2021MD01Yes
Feb 4, 2021MD06Yes
Dec 17, 2020VA01Yes
Aug 14, 2020MD00Yes
Jul 10, 2020VA01Yes
Oct 31, 2019MD03Yes
Apr 23, 2019MD01Yes
Feb 19, 2019MD00Yes
Apr 11, 2017MD00Yes
Jun 12, 2016MD00Yes
Dec 22, 2015MD01Yes
Oct 4, 2014MD00Yes
Jul 16, 2013MD01Yes