Carrier profile · USDOT 2502164 · MC-867287 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

S & B Trucking LLC

166 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 32 statesPEARL, MS81/100
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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 24.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 217 vehicle and 447 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

430 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 28

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 166-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
166
Inspections · 24 mo
447
Annualized
≈224 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
98%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
71%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
63%
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 Driving197 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance138 · 38 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance83 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance57 · 39 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance46 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance38 · 17 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 10 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

346 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

118ELD device issues
14No log / no ELD
115False logs
81Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 19 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266015
20258018
20248057
20236016
20226016
20216016
20195024
20183003
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 28, 2026CA00Yes
May 29, 2026CA00Yes
Mar 13, 2026TX01No
Feb 25, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 12, 2026MS00Yes
Dec 23, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 29, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2025TX00Yes
May 10, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 28, 2025AL00Yes
Feb 16, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 31, 2025MS00Yes
Jan 16, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 12, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 3, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 7, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 15, 2024TX01Yes
Aug 13, 2024MS01Yes
May 1, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 21, 2024TN01No
Jan 14, 2024FL01Yes
Dec 28, 2023FL00Yes
May 11, 2023OR00Yes
Apr 5, 2023MO00Yes