Carrier profile · USDOT 2516354 · MC-873115 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS LLC

51 power unitsavg 9.7 yrNational · 24 statesFRANKLIN, TN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-873115 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 43.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 76 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

43.8% · 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 23.5 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

102 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 8

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
≈1.1 / 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
112
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
.1measure
SMS · per-BASIC
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
100%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
80%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 36 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 7 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20255015
20243013
20235035
20223003
20213003
20205005
20192002
20184014
20172022
20163013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 4, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 4, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 10, 2025TN01Yes
Jul 14, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 13, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 10, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 3, 2024TN00Yes
Apr 7, 2024OH00Yes
Mar 1, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 7, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 31, 2023TN00Yes
Oct 24, 2023WV04Yes
Feb 3, 2023NC01Yes
Jan 28, 2023AL01Yes
May 31, 2022IN00Yes
Apr 26, 2022WI00Yes
Apr 1, 2022IN00Yes
Sep 9, 2021IN00Yes
May 13, 2021KY00Yes
Mar 4, 2021OK00Yes
Dec 10, 2020TN00Yes
Oct 22, 2020PA00Yes
Sep 27, 2020PA00Yes
Sep 8, 2020TX00Yes
Jul 23, 2020MO00Yes