Direct Trucking Corp
DBA SPARC TRANSPORT
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
34 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 4
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 95
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 34
- Annualized
- ≈17 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 376.11 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
19 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.
Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 113 total · 6 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2026 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 29, 2025 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 22, 2024 | IL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Oct 22, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 24, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 17, 2024 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 5, 2024 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2024 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2023 | PA | 1 | 2 | Yes |
| Jun 15, 2023 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 21, 2022 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 22, 2022 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2022 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2022 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2022 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 26, 2021 | MI | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 25, 2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 2, 2021 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 23, 2021 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2021 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 22, 2021 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 21, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 4, 2020 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 11, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 9, 2019 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |