Carrier profile · USDOT 218779 · MC-159307 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sandys Auto and Truck Service Inc

DBA SANDYS

75 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 6 statesDAYTON, OH75/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-159307 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssandystowing.comFMCSA SAFER

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 23.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 11.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 17 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 75-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
36%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
1.06measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.71 Coupling / towing devicesVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.87 Warning flags on projecting loadsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 34 total · 7 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262011
20255015
20242012
20231001
20221001
20213003
20201001
20193022
20183003
20171001
20165025
20141001
20131011
20111011
20103013
20071111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026OH01No
Jan 28, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 21, 2025OH01Yes
Aug 1, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 25, 2025OH00Yes
Jun 20, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2025IN00Yes
May 23, 2024OH01Yes
May 9, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 12, 2023OH00Yes
Jul 28, 2022OH00Yes
Aug 8, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 23, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 6, 2021OH00Yes
Dec 18, 2020OH00Yes
Oct 11, 2019OH01Yes
Jan 12, 2019OH01No
Jan 12, 2019OH00Yes
Sep 27, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 3, 2018OH00Yes
Jan 9, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 8, 2017OH00Yes
Dec 29, 2016OH00Yes
Dec 6, 2016OH01Yes
Oct 8, 2016OH00Yes