Carrier profile · USDOT 2471758 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

S Howard Transport LLC

DBA HOWARD COMPANIES

110 power unitsLocal · 1 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linkshowardcompanies.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 18 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 11.1 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 4

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 110-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
110
Inspections · 24 mo
18
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

15%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
49%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 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

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 35 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 25 total · 3 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20251001
20243113
20234034
20223103
20192012
20173013
20164014
20153013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026IN01Yes
May 14, 2026IN01Yes
Jul 11, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 7, 2024IN00Yes
Jun 27, 2024IN15Yes
Jun 12, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 16, 2023IN01Yes
May 9, 2023IN03Yes
May 4, 2023IN01Yes
Apr 19, 2023IN00Yes
Oct 12, 2022IN10Yes
Jul 10, 2022IN00Yes
May 10, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 22, 2019IN01Yes
Mar 8, 2019IN00Yes
Jun 14, 2017IN01Yes
May 10, 2017IN00Yes
Mar 24, 2017IN00Yes
Dec 2, 2016IN00Yes
Jun 6, 2016IN01Yes
Apr 12, 2016IN00Yes
Mar 21, 2016IN00Yes
Dec 15, 2015IN02Yes
Sep 1, 2015IN00Yes
May 21, 2015IN00Yes