Carrier profile · USDOT 1466404 · MC-553961 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sandhu Bros Inc

12 power unitsavg 10.7 yrMulti-region · 13 statesBETHELEHEM, PA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-553961 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 42.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 21 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 7.6 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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 12-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
12
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
85%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 1 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241001
20231010
20221011
20211001
20191001
20182002
20161001
20091011
20072002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 18, 2024NY00Yes
Feb 18, 2023PA01No
Aug 17, 2022PA01Yes
Jul 26, 2021VA00Yes
Feb 11, 2019PA00Yes
Oct 24, 2018PA00Yes
Aug 15, 2018TN00Yes
Dec 4, 2016AR00Yes
Jan 27, 2009TX01Yes
Aug 7, 2007AL00Yes
May 6, 2007PA00Yes