Carrier profile · USDOT 8350 · MC-215314 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sadler Bros Trucking & Leasing Co Inc

93 power unitsavg 5.9 yrRegional · 7 statesNASHVILLE, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-215314 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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 36 vehicle and 142 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 2.3 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

141 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 11

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 93-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
93
Inspections · 24 mo
142
Annualized
≈71 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 15 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

32ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
11Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 135 total · 13 in 24 mo

135
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
6
Fatal
56
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20259029
20246026
20234004
20222002
20216036
20203033
20181001
20172012
20162002
20157037
20143013
20134004
20123013
20113013
20102002
20094014
20084023
20073003
20069009
20055034
20044134
20036044
20026236
20014114
20004014
19995033
19985254
19975035
19963022
19954042
19943013
19903031
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 10, 2026TN00Yes
Oct 7, 2025KY00Yes
Oct 5, 2025TN00Yes
Sep 20, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 23, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 28, 2025IL01Yes
Jun 28, 2025TN00Yes
May 27, 2025TN00Yes
May 9, 2025TN00Yes
Mar 1, 2025TN01Yes
Dec 25, 2024TN01Yes
Dec 17, 2024TN00Yes
Sep 16, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 1, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 26, 2024TN01Yes
Jan 17, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 11, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 17, 2023KY00Yes
Apr 22, 2023TN00Yes
Apr 4, 2023TN00Yes
Oct 27, 2022GA00Yes
Apr 28, 2022TN00Yes
Oct 29, 2021TN01Yes
Aug 15, 2021GA01Yes
Jun 29, 2021TN00Yes