Carrier profile · USDOT 2450712 · MC-845983 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lions Trucking LLC

DBA LIONS

85 power unitsavg 8.8 yrNational · 25 statesDEARBORN, MI80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-845983 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkslionstruckingllc.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 41.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 104 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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 6.3 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

99 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 8

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 85-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
104
Annualized
≈52 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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 Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance56 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 14 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 5 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 9 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.32 ELD — non-authenticated drivingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

62 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
9False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 32 total · 6 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256016
20241001
20233003
20222012
20213013
20202012
20192002
20184034
20173013
20165005
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2025IA00Yes
May 15, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 5, 2025IA00Yes
Feb 26, 2025VA02Yes
Jan 20, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 17, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 14, 2024MI00Yes
Oct 24, 2023MO00Yes
Jun 21, 2023IN00Yes
Jan 11, 2023WI00Yes
Sep 27, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 22, 2022MI01Yes
Oct 31, 2021MI00Yes
Jun 24, 2021MI01Yes
Jan 7, 2021MI00Yes
Mar 25, 2020MO00Yes
Feb 16, 2020TX02Yes
Aug 21, 2019TX00Yes
May 3, 2019TX00Yes
Jul 12, 2018MI01Yes
Apr 20, 2018TX01Yes
Jan 20, 2018MS01Yes
Jan 13, 2018IL00Yes
Nov 22, 2017MI00Yes
Oct 9, 2017IN00Yes