Carrier profile · USDOT 621071 · MC-1665188 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SANTEE INC

48 power unitsavg 5.4 yrRegional · 3 statesSTERLING, VA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1665188 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 22.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 58 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 11.9 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

51 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 48-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
48
Inspections · 24 mo
58
Annualized
≈29 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 2, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 58 total · 5 in 24 mo

58
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
23
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20253013
20244024
20231001
20224023
20211001
20201001
20192012
20181001
20172022
20163003
20151101
20144014
20124114
20115035
20105025
20092012
20082021
20072002
20061001
20051011
20031001
20012012
19991001
19972012
19962012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 1, 2026VA01Yes
Jun 16, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 18, 2025VA01Yes
Jan 10, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 29, 2024VA02Yes
Feb 12, 2024VA00Yes
Jan 25, 2024VA01Yes
Jan 8, 2024WV00Yes
Feb 15, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 3, 2022VA01No
Oct 24, 2022VA01Yes
Jul 14, 2022VA00Yes
Apr 6, 2022MD00Yes
Nov 2, 2021MD00Yes
Aug 7, 2020VA00Yes
Nov 12, 2019MD00Yes
Sep 25, 2019VA02Yes
May 22, 2018VA00Yes
Oct 10, 2017VA01Yes
Jan 10, 2017VA01Yes
Nov 3, 2016VA00Yes
Sep 23, 2016VA00Yes
Jul 22, 2016VA00Yes
Sep 17, 2015VA10Yes
Aug 27, 2014VA00Yes