Carrier profile · USDOT 434837 · MC-224998 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

S & T Truck and Auto Service Inc

DBA SILVAN TRUCKING COMPANY OF OHIO

35 power unitsavg 5 yrRegional · 6 statesCOLUMBUS, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-224998 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 31 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 26.0 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 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
0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 35-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
31
Annualized
16 / yr
Coverage
0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
15%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 12, 2026. 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

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

Crash history· 32 total · 3 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252012
20232002
20221001
20212002
20201001
20193013
20183013
20171011
20152012
20132012
20122002
20102002
20091111
20071011
20061001
20041011
20011010
20002002
19991001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026OH01Yes
Sep 8, 2025OH01Yes
May 20, 2025IN00Yes
May 5, 2023OH00Yes
Feb 14, 2023OH00Yes
Dec 9, 2022OH00Yes
Nov 12, 2021PA00Yes
Apr 7, 2021KY00Yes
Mar 12, 2020OH00Yes
Aug 26, 2019IN00Yes
Aug 7, 2019OH00Yes
May 1, 2019OH03Yes
Apr 2, 2018OH00Yes
Jan 5, 2018KY03Yes
Jan 2, 2018OH00Yes
Nov 14, 2017OH01Yes
Mar 5, 2015KY01Yes
Feb 19, 2015KY00Yes
Aug 6, 2013WV01Yes
Jul 29, 2013WV00Yes
Aug 23, 2012OH00Yes
May 24, 2012OH00Yes
Sep 22, 2010WV00Yes
Aug 19, 2010OH00Yes
Jul 19, 2009IN11Yes