Carrier profile · USDOT 2286449 · MC-780939 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Solid Transportation Services Inc

40 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 29 statesWATERFORD, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-780939 ACTIVE
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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 37.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 118 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 14.8 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

114 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 10

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
1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 40-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
118
Annualized
59 / yr
Coverage
1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
87%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
56%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
17False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 7 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254024
20244044
20222012
20213023
20203023
20191001
20181001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026OH01Yes
Dec 31, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 21, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 4, 2025TN01Yes
Jun 6, 2025ME01Yes
Dec 26, 2024IN03Yes
Sep 2, 2024UT03Yes
Jun 6, 2024MA01Yes
Feb 15, 2024MI01Yes
Sep 14, 2022PA01Yes
Feb 17, 2022OH00Yes
Oct 6, 2021NC01Yes
Jul 22, 2021MI02Yes
Feb 5, 2021MI00Yes
Jul 31, 2020PA01Yes
Mar 30, 2020NY00Yes
Feb 14, 2020WI02Yes
Jun 21, 2019PA00Yes
Feb 1, 2018VA00Yes
Nov 3, 2016MO00Yes