Carrier profile · USDOT 2137808 · MC-744219 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

S & S LINE LLC

97 power unitsavg 5.2 yrNational · 40 statesKENTWOOD, MI74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-744219 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssandsline.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 35.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 94 vehicle and 259 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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 6.6 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

254 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 16

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 97-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
259
Annualized
≈130 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
87%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving107 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance34 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 10 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

80 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

29ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
15False logs
34Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 13 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266026
20255015
20244014
20232002
20223003
20211001
20204004
20191101
20182012
20172002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 11, 2026AR00Yes
Jun 16, 2026TX01Yes
Jun 9, 2026IN01Yes
May 23, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 17, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 21, 2026AR00Yes
Dec 12, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 26, 2025AL00Yes
Sep 24, 2025OH00Yes
Aug 9, 2025KY05Yes
Feb 22, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 10, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 20, 2024IN01Yes
Mar 8, 2024IA00Yes
Jan 17, 2024MI00Yes
May 4, 2023MI00Yes
Feb 21, 2023WA00Yes
Dec 19, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 18, 2022MI00Yes
Mar 4, 2022MI00Yes
Jul 9, 2021MI00Yes
Dec 16, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 21, 2020MI00Yes
Jan 5, 2020AL00Yes
Jan 5, 2020MS00Yes