Carrier profile · USDOT 589549 · MC-284715 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SPECIALIZED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC

55 power unitsavg 4.8 yrMulti-region · 14 statesSMYRNA, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-284715 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 17.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 4.9 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

94 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
49 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

28 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 110 total · 1 in 24 mo

110
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
43
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20221011
20213013
20202012
20193013
20183013
20172012
2016101210
20154024
20146006
20132012
20121001
20116025
20103013
20095025
20089028
2007110610
20065025
20054034
20046026
20036146
20021001
20016026
20002011
19991001
19981011
19973013
19963033
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 16, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 18, 2022AL01Yes
Dec 6, 2021MS03Yes
Sep 17, 2021TN00Yes
Apr 7, 2021GA00Yes
Dec 4, 2020KY00Yes
Sep 16, 2020IN02Yes
May 29, 2019TN01Yes
Apr 25, 2019OH00Yes
Mar 12, 2019GA00Yes
Sep 9, 2018KY00Yes
Jun 25, 2018MI00Yes
May 22, 2018TN02Yes
May 30, 2017IN01Yes
Apr 11, 2017IN00Yes
Dec 22, 2016KY00Yes
Jul 11, 2016MI00Yes
Jun 20, 2016IN01Yes
Jun 13, 2016NM03Yes
May 1, 2016TN00Yes
Apr 23, 2016IN10Yes
Mar 30, 2016KY00Yes
Feb 11, 2016TN00Yes
Jan 21, 2016MS00Yes
Jan 20, 2016KY00Yes