Carrier profile · USDOT 1196553 · MC-470192 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Saddle Creek Transportation Inc

409 power unitsavg 6.1 yrMulti-region · 15 statesLAKELAND, FL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-470192 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 22.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 161 vehicle and 513 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 3.6 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

496 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 30

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 409-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
409
Inspections · 24 mo
514
Annualized
≈257 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

55%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
57%
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 Driving166 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance43 · 39 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 9 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance31 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 10 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

84 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.

62ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 427 total · 29 in 24 mo

427
Total crashes
29
In last 24 mo
25
Fatal
168
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
2025130313
20242911328
20232411023
20223631334
20213021128
2020342833
20192731225
2018222821
2017262725
20163041129
20153611635
2014201720
2013151715
2012110511
20117237
2010120210
20094024
2008120612
20079086
20069057
200511069
20045045
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026VA01Yes
May 27, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 2, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 16, 2026FL00Yes
Jan 3, 2026FL00Yes
Nov 24, 2025NC01Yes
Nov 13, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 17, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 7, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 27, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 24, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 24, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 6, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 10, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 18, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 21, 2025GA01Yes
Jan 8, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 3, 2025FL00Yes
Dec 16, 2024NC02Yes
Dec 12, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 12, 2024FL00Yes
Dec 11, 2024FL01No
Dec 11, 2024VA00Yes
Dec 4, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 23, 2024FL00Yes