Carrier profile · USDOT 272811 · MC-177994 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TRANSPORT DESIGNS INC

95 power unitsavg 9.9 yrNational · 26 statesSAVAGE, MN48/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-177994 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkstransportdesigninc.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 28.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 100 vehicle and 205 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 2.1 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

194 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 19

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 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
205
Annualized
≈103 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving96 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 52 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 11 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

82 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

58ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 66% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 298 total · 9 in 24 mo

298
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
103
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254014
202411039
20233013
20226026
20215035
20207047
20198148
201811029
2017130313
2016140613
2015141514
2014130412
20138028
20129029
2011111311
20108018
2009111611
2008130613
2007110310
2006120411
20057037
20049039
20039129
20028018
2001110410
200010049
19994023
19987055
1997120511
19965014
19954024
19942002
1993123311
19923001
19912020
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 12, 2026AR01Yes
Dec 6, 2025SD00Yes
Sep 16, 2025IL02Yes
Jul 13, 2025MT00Yes
Feb 4, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 5, 2024WA00Yes
Dec 4, 2024OR00Yes
Sep 5, 2024WI01No
Aug 17, 2024ID01No
Jul 28, 2024CA00Yes
Apr 17, 2024MT00Yes
Mar 31, 2024ID02Yes
Mar 24, 2024MN00Yes
Feb 19, 2024WI00Yes
Feb 17, 2024NV00Yes
Jan 19, 2024OR00Yes
Aug 31, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 5, 2023MN00Yes
Jan 3, 2023IN01Yes
Aug 10, 2022OR01Yes
Jun 16, 2022NC01Yes
Jun 13, 2022WY00Yes
Apr 18, 2022IN00Yes
Feb 4, 2022MN00Yes
Jan 14, 2022MN00Yes