Carrier profile · USDOT 606056 · MC-290227 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Ats Specialized Inc

916 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 47 statesST CLOUD, MN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-290227 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 14.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,288 vehicle and 2,205 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 6.4 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

2,154 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 184

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 916-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
916
Inspections · 24 mo
2,205
Annualized
≈1,103 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving783 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance209 · 193 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance206 · 70 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance136 · 15 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance85 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance50 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance47 · 23 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

168 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

109ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
14False logs
23Drove over hours

53 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,167 total · 62 in 24 mo

1,167
Total crashes
62
In last 24 mo
26
Fatal
456
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026210820
20253401134
2024311930
20233411333
20224001136
20213912038
2020412841
20193701037
20184711545
20174011339
20163801537
20154411739
20144511442
20133711535
20122921326
20114031738
20104411743
20093201430
20085212850
20074901547
20064701247
20053411930
20044922246
20033111628
20024331938
20013901737
20003702033
19993301030
19982601323
19973621633
1996180916
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 9, 2026IN00Yes
Aug 7, 2026MA00Yes
Jul 21, 2026MI01No
Jul 20, 2026LA00Yes
Jun 29, 2026OK01Yes
Jun 20, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 19, 2026AL02Yes
Jun 17, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 12, 2026WI00Yes
Jun 5, 2026TX01Yes
May 19, 2026TX00Yes
May 18, 2026GA02Yes
May 10, 2026TX00Yes
May 7, 2026GA02Yes
May 5, 2026NJ00Yes
Mar 27, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 18, 2026TX02Yes
Feb 17, 2026WY01Yes
Feb 14, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 17, 2026IA00Yes
Jan 15, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 15, 2025MA02Yes
Dec 11, 2025SD00Yes
Dec 4, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 20, 2025IA00Yes