Carrier profile · USDOT 398881 · MC-251502 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

S L Benfica Transportation Inc

66 power unitsavg 10.7 yrRegional · 4 statesBRONX, NY74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-251502 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linksslbenficatransportation.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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 57 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 6.1 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

57 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 7

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 66-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
66
Inspections · 24 mo
57
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

26%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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 Maintenance59 · 6 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 8 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 18 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 13 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 3, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 95 total · 10 in 24 mo

95
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
44
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20259078
20241001
20234023
20226034
2021150613
20205132
20197045
2018110211
20177026
20166033
20153023
20142012
20132002
20121011
20112002
20091001
20081001
20051011
20043123
20032022
20023023
20011001
19961011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2026PA00Yes
Nov 15, 2025NY04Yes
Oct 17, 2025CT01Yes
Sep 16, 2025NY01Yes
Jul 18, 2025NJ00Yes
Jun 17, 2025NJ01Yes
Apr 8, 2025CT00Yes
Mar 20, 2025CT01Yes
Mar 12, 2025NY01No
Jan 14, 2025NY01Yes
Jan 16, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 10, 2023NY00Yes
Mar 6, 2023NY01No
Feb 27, 2023CT01Yes
Jan 26, 2023NJ00Yes
Sep 17, 2022NY01No
Aug 31, 2022NY01Yes
May 3, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 25, 2022NY00Yes
Feb 9, 2022CT00Yes
Jan 27, 2022NY01No
Dec 2, 2021NJ05Yes
Dec 1, 2021NY01Yes
Sep 21, 2021CT00Yes
Sep 9, 2021NY00Yes