Carrier profile · USDOT 513920 · MC-261836 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Elite Transportation Inc

1 power unitavg 16 yrRegional · 4 statesSTURGIS, SD50/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-261836 ACTIVE

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.3 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 1

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
2.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
1
Inspections · 24 mo
4
Annualized
2 / yr
Coverage
2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
8.5measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.83 Exhaust systemVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 17 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 31 total · 0 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20221011
20173003
20151011
20141001
20122012
20112012
20102002
20091011
20081010
20072012
20061001
20051011
20041011
20031010
20011011
19993023
19982012
19972002
19961011
19951001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 21, 2024MT00Yes
Jan 12, 2022IL01Yes
Jun 22, 2017CO00Yes
Jun 21, 2017TX00Yes
Mar 8, 2017ID00Yes
Aug 22, 2015MO01Yes
Mar 4, 2014KY00Yes
Nov 19, 2012ID00Yes
Sep 12, 2012OR01Yes
Jul 20, 2011ID00Yes
May 15, 2011AR01Yes
Oct 3, 2010KY00Yes
Jun 8, 2010IA00Yes
Dec 12, 2009ID01Yes
Oct 8, 2008PA01No
Aug 3, 2007IL01Yes
Jan 30, 2007NE00Yes
Jul 11, 2006MO00Yes
Jan 20, 2005CA02Yes
May 3, 2004NV01Yes
Feb 20, 2003OH02No
Aug 15, 2001IL02Yes
Apr 27, 1999MO02Yes
Apr 6, 1999ID01Yes
Jan 4, 1999NE00Yes