Carrier profile · USDOT 139659 · MC-135652 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

SERVICE TRANSFER INC

240 power unitsavg 7.2 yrMulti-region · 11 statesCHESAPEAKE, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-135652 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 20.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 245 vehicle and 421 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.1% · 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 7.5 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

410 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 70

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 240-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
240
Inspections · 24 mo
421
Annualized
211 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving80 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance60 · 21 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance49 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 28 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance32 · 17 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 191 total · 17 in 24 mo

191
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
7
Fatal
72
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
2025110211
2024141513
2023180418
2022141614
2021140214
20209039
20198148
2018130413
2017151415
20164134
2015100410
20148047
20136045
20126025
20117146
20105135
20096036
20085023
20076046
20061001
20053021
20042011
20031001
19971011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026NC00Yes
May 20, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 6, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 13, 2026VA01Yes
Jun 18, 2025NC01Yes
May 20, 2025VA00Yes
Apr 23, 2025NC00Yes
Apr 16, 2025WV01Yes
Apr 4, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 27, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 24, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 21, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 21, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 8, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 6, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 19, 2024SC03Yes
Nov 21, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 2, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 16, 2024NC01Yes
Jun 8, 2024VA10Yes
Jun 6, 2024VA00Yes
May 25, 2024NC00Yes
Apr 19, 2024SC01Yes
Mar 1, 2024VA01Yes
Feb 27, 2024VA00Yes