Carrier profile · USDOT 271514 · Updated Jul 15, 2026

S & S FIRESTONE INC

DBA S & S TIRE - PREMIER TRANSPORTATION NETWORK - BEST ONE TIRE & SERVICE - SSTRANS - PREMIER BANDAG

240 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 19 statesLEXINGTON, KY84/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED CONDITIONAL
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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 8.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 229 vehicle and 341 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.5% · 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

329 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 26

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 240-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
240
Inspections · 24 mo
342
Annualized
≈171 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
19%
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 Driving102 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance48 · 9 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving28 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 53 total · 11 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
20255035
20248028
20237027
20227136
20214014
20192012
20181001
20173013
20142012
20132012
20121001
20111001
20102002
20051111
20041011
19951011
19941011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 31, 2026SC00Yes
Mar 4, 2026KY00Yes
Feb 24, 2026AR00Yes
Sep 16, 2025TN01Yes
Aug 25, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 11, 2025AR01Yes
May 15, 2025WV04Yes
Apr 22, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 26, 2024AL00Yes
Nov 22, 2024KY00Yes
Jun 21, 2024KY00Yes
May 31, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 8, 2024OH01Yes
Apr 2, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 2, 2024KY02Yes
Apr 2, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 29, 2023WV00Yes
Aug 2, 2023OK02Yes
Jul 14, 2023TN01Yes
Jun 28, 2023IN00Yes
May 25, 2023SC00Yes
Apr 4, 2023KY00Yes
Mar 27, 2023AR00Yes
Oct 28, 2022AL13Yes