Carrier profile · USDOT 271424 · MC-142680 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Mcelroy Truck Lines Inc

568 power unitsavg 9.5 yrNational · 22 statesCUBA, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-142680 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksmcelroytrucklines.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 27.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 374 vehicle and 806 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 3.5 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

776 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 56

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 568-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
568
Inspections · 24 mo
806
Annualized
≈403 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
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 Driving135 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance114 · 43 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance71 · 45 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance70 · 59 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance68 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance66 · 23 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance49 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
2False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 61% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 1,002 total · 44 in 24 mo

1,002
Total crashes
44
In last 24 mo
31
Fatal
426
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026140514
2025221822
20242201021
20232831028
20223501633
2021211521
2020301829
2019270725
20184521943
20175121949
20163111330
20152621226
20143901639
20132501024
2012160416
20112711126
20102221121
2009312831
20083311129
20074011636
20064101839
20054521542
20044302038
20033611435
20022711225
20013812836
20003811835
19993121529
19983211532
19972701227
19962621921
1995140914
19947055
19934033
19928045
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 7, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 19, 2026LA03Yes
May 28, 2026AR00Yes
Apr 27, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 14, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 10, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 6, 2026MS01Yes
Mar 24, 2026LA01Yes
Mar 24, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 6, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 14, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 13, 2026MS00Yes
Jan 7, 2026GA01Yes
Jan 5, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 29, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 28, 2025AL00Yes
Dec 9, 2025TX01Yes
Nov 21, 2025AL02Yes
Nov 18, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 25, 2025NC04Yes
Sep 19, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 2, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 4, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 11, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 20, 2025GA00Yes