Carrier profile · USDOT 1345451 · MC-508870 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Premium Transportation Services Inc

DBA TOTAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES

51 power unitsavg 9.8 yrMulti-region · 10 statesNORTH CHARLESTON, SC81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-508870 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkssalson.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 29.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 62 vehicle and 92 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.1% · 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 4.0 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

91 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 17

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 51-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
51
Inspections · 24 mo
92
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

30%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
23%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 96% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 59 total · 5 in 24 mo

59
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20244004
20231001
20181001
20162012
20156016
20148078
20134114
20129039
20115035
20105035
20096135
20081001
20065014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 19, 2025PA01Yes
Mar 16, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 23, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 16, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 17, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 6, 2024VA00Yes
Dec 13, 2023SC00Yes
May 14, 2018VA00Yes
Oct 26, 2016VA00Yes
Jan 5, 2016CA06Yes
Oct 13, 2015CA00Yes
Jun 30, 2015CA00Yes
Jun 25, 2015CA00Yes
Jun 2, 2015CA00Yes
May 28, 2015CA01Yes
Feb 6, 2015CA00Yes
Oct 23, 2014LA01Yes
Aug 5, 2014CA01Yes
Aug 1, 2014CA011Yes
Jun 13, 2014VA02Yes
Jun 12, 2014CA00Yes
May 22, 2014CA01Yes
Feb 28, 2014CA01Yes
Jan 4, 2014TN02Yes
Dec 31, 2013VA00Yes