Carrier profile · USDOT 920811 · MC-398437 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

S D & S Trucking LLC

41 power unitsavg 13.3 yrRegional · 5 statesPARK CITY, KS88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-398437 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 37.1 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 41-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
61%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 10, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 66 total · 4 in 24 mo

66
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20245125
20233003
20222002
20212012
20201001
20193023
20181001
20163003
20153013
20145005
20135115
20122012
20114004
20107017
20095005
20083023
20072002
20063003
20051011
20041001
20031011
20022022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2025KS01Yes
Jan 4, 2025KS00Yes
Oct 8, 2024KS00Yes
Oct 8, 2024KS00Yes
Jun 17, 2024KS13Yes
May 22, 2024KS00Yes
May 9, 2024KS01Yes
Sep 18, 2023KS00Yes
Jul 27, 2023KS00Yes
Apr 10, 2023KS00Yes
Aug 2, 2022KS00Yes
Feb 9, 2022KS00Yes
Apr 26, 2021KS00Yes
Jan 28, 2021KS02Yes
Jul 22, 2020KS00Yes
Aug 8, 2019KS00Yes
Jul 31, 2019KS01Yes
May 13, 2019KS01Yes
Mar 20, 2018KS00Yes
Oct 19, 2016KS00Yes
Aug 11, 2016KS00Yes
Feb 20, 2016IL00Yes
Oct 22, 2015KS00Yes
Sep 9, 2015KS00Yes
Aug 5, 2015IL01Yes