Carrier profile · USDOT 2545275 · MC-284464 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

VSS Transportation Group Inc

400 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 41 statesCARROLLTON, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-284464 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 28.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 305 vehicle and 609 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.9% · 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 10.1 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

596 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 48

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 400-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
400
Inspections · 24 mo
609
Annualized
≈305 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
82%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
57%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
64%
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 Driving168 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance85 · 70 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance64 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance55 · 14 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance26 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 8 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

103 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

60ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
15False logs
17Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 106 total · 16 in 24 mo

106
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
202511079
20248018
2023141613
2022170716
20217047
20206006
201910049
2018120212
20177007
20166006
20154014
20021001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026KY01Yes
May 5, 2026MD00Yes
Jan 20, 2026GA01Yes
Dec 9, 2025WI02Yes
Nov 28, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 5, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 15, 2025LA00Yes
Sep 14, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 13, 2025TN01Yes
May 13, 2025VA02Yes
Mar 6, 2025FL01Yes
Feb 24, 2025NJ01No
Feb 13, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 8, 2025TX01No
Oct 12, 2024AR00Yes
Sep 6, 2024WV00Yes
Jul 3, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 28, 2024AL00Yes
Jun 20, 2024PA00Yes
Feb 27, 2024SC00Yes
Jan 26, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 2, 2024TX01Yes
Dec 29, 2023LA00Yes
Dec 15, 2023AL11Yes
Nov 14, 2023SC00Yes