Carrier profile · USDOT 198 · MC-147039 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INC

534 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 19 statesROMULUS, MI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-147039 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 8.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 344 vehicle and 577 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

550 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 39

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 534-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
534
Inspections · 24 mo
577
Annualized
≈289 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

18%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
52%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
36%
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 Driving105 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance59 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 23 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance45 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance39 · 5 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance31 · 6 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness15 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

87 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

76ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 79% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 745 total · 28 in 24 mo

745
Total crashes
28
In last 24 mo
28
Fatal
277
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266116
2025201717
2024120311
2023140214
2022161916
2021180518
2020160415
2019201719
2018180918
2017262925
20162721126
2015270825
2014291528
20132811325
2012223820
2011290527
2010260625
2009120212
2008221921
2007220818
20062831027
2005210721
2004260726
2003181818
2002150315
20012401622
20002251320
1999190717
19982731122
19973111531
19961701116
19951601112
1994120512
19932511124
1992230623
19918048
19903012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026SC11Yes
Jun 18, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 30, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 24, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 9, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 23, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 24, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 14, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 29, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 25, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 16, 2025TX02No
Oct 11, 2025TX02No
Aug 6, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 2, 2025LA00Yes
Jun 10, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 7, 2025SC10Yes
May 22, 2025MI00Yes
May 20, 2025TN00Yes
May 15, 2025LA01No
Apr 30, 2025AL03Yes
Apr 23, 2025AR01Yes
Apr 20, 2025TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2025MS00Yes
Feb 23, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2025NC00Yes