Carrier profile · USDOT 2520572 · MC-874947 · Updated Jul 1, 2026

SAM AUTO TRANS LLC

76 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 38 statesTWINSBURG, OH88/100
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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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 73 vehicle and 184 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.0% · 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 2.6 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

180 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 14

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 76-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
76
Inspections · 24 mo
184
Annualized
≈92 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
56%
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 Driving102 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 21 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
6False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 53% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 12 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265045
20257027
20243013
20237117
20224004
20213023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 29, 2026NJ00Yes
Jun 10, 2026TX01Yes
Apr 24, 2026GA02Yes
Apr 10, 2026NM01Yes
Feb 4, 2026TN02Yes
Dec 20, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 12, 2025CO00Yes
Jul 16, 2025OH04Yes
May 16, 2025KY00Yes
Feb 19, 2025OK00Yes
Feb 18, 2025AR00Yes
Jan 22, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 1, 2024MA00Yes
Mar 1, 2024OK00Yes
Feb 23, 2024KS01Yes
Dec 26, 2023AR00Yes
Oct 27, 2023MT00Yes
Jun 18, 2023OK00Yes
Jun 13, 2023PA00Yes
May 30, 2023VA40Yes
May 13, 2023WV01Yes
Mar 16, 2023IN00Yes
Sep 23, 2022DE00Yes
Mar 29, 2022WY00Yes
Mar 2, 2022MA00Yes