Carrier profile · USDOT 1466733 · MC-554067 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Salt Bay Freightlines Inc

25 power unitsavg 14.5 yrMulti-region · 13 statesZIONHILL, PA74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-554067 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL

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 63.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 19 vehicle and 45 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

75.0% · 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 32.1 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

43 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 5

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
0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 25-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
25
Inspections · 24 mo
45
Annualized
23 / yr
Coverage
0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
89%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
14%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
90%
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 12 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 91% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 8 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
18
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256035
20242011
20234014
20223023
20215035
20207047
20192002
20182112
20173013
20153022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 14, 2026NJ00Yes
Jan 23, 2026CT00Yes
Dec 27, 2025MA00Yes
Dec 27, 2025NJ00Yes
Dec 12, 2025MA00Yes
Dec 4, 2025NJ01Yes
Aug 14, 2025PA01Yes
Mar 10, 2025PA01No
Jul 19, 2024NY01No
Jul 18, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 2, 2023CT00Yes
Jun 6, 2023NJ01Yes
Mar 16, 2023CT00Yes
Feb 20, 2023NH00Yes
Nov 22, 2022NJ01Yes
Nov 7, 2022MA00Yes
Oct 1, 2022MA01Yes
Aug 30, 2021MD01Yes
Aug 16, 2021PA01Yes
May 26, 2021PA02Yes
Mar 6, 2021NJ00Yes
Jan 14, 2021NJ00Yes
Nov 12, 2020PA00Yes
Sep 20, 2020NY01Yes
Sep 18, 2020NJ00Yes