Carrier profile · USDOT 257579 · MC-196107 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Comtran Inc

45 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 17 statesGERMANTOWN, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-196107 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmsmilling.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 20.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 94 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 12.0 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

91 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 9

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 45-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
45
Inspections · 24 mo
94
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving44 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 36 total · 5 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20245015
20234024
20224124
20212002
20201001
20192012
20182012
20163023
20121001
20101010
20071001
19971001
19951011
19941001
19931001
19922011
19911011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026MS00Yes
Nov 17, 2025MS00Yes
Aug 4, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 28, 2024AR00Yes
Oct 25, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 5, 2024LA01Yes
Jul 13, 2024OK00Yes
Jan 6, 2024MS00Yes
Nov 16, 2023MS01Yes
Oct 11, 2023AR00Yes
Aug 9, 2023OK01Yes
Feb 24, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 6, 2022TN00Yes
Oct 3, 2022IN00Yes
Aug 12, 2022AR11Yes
Feb 25, 2022TX01Yes
Aug 30, 2021IL00Yes
Feb 17, 2021MO00Yes
Oct 14, 2020IL00Yes
Sep 6, 2019MS01Yes
Jan 24, 2019AR00Yes
Nov 14, 2018AR00Yes
Jul 13, 2018MS01Yes
May 17, 2016GA00Yes
Mar 25, 2016AL01Yes