Carrier profile · USDOT 48357 · MC-278942 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

U S TRANSPORTATION LLC

1,083 power unitsavg 3.2 yrNational · 50 statesAPPLETON, WI88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-278942 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 2.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,594 vehicle and 2,213 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

2.3% · 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

2,138 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 117

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 1,083-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
1,083
Inspections · 24 mo
2,217
Annualized
≈1,109 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

21%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
5%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
5%
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 Driving359 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving89 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance88 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness25 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 20 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 16 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 177 total · 37 in 24 mo

177
Total crashes
37
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
66
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266045
2025240823
2024140514
20239149
2022130613
20218008
20207027
2019110511
20189039
20176046
20168048
20153013
20143013
20136036
20123003
20113013
20102111
20093013
20081001
20071001
20062002
20044114
20034004
20024004
20011011
20001011
19995025
19981001
19972012
19962011
19954024
19944033
19931001
19921001
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 23, 2026IA01Yes
Jul 7, 2026MI01Yes
Jun 26, 2026ND01No
Jun 17, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 2, 2026VA02Yes
Apr 1, 2026WA00Yes
Dec 29, 2025CA01Yes
Dec 23, 2025MN01Yes
Dec 9, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 3, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 10, 2025KS00Yes
Oct 17, 2025DE00Yes
Oct 15, 2025VA02Yes
Oct 7, 2025AL01No
Sep 29, 2025WI00Yes
Sep 8, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 21, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 1, 2025CO00Yes
Jul 24, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 11, 2025CA02Yes
Jun 20, 2025NJ01Yes
Jun 17, 2025TX01Yes
Jun 3, 2025SD00Yes
Apr 11, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2025AZ00Yes