Carrier profile · USDOT 1919386 · MC-687121 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SDM Transport Inc

118 power unitsavg 4.1 yrNational · 38 statesGURNEE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-687121 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkssdmtransport.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 29.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 102 vehicle and 228 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 15.2 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

225 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 17

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 118-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
118
Inspections · 24 mo
228
Annualized
≈114 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

52%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving223 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance42 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 21 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 4 OOS
  • 393.128 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 15 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

92 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

46ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
34False logs
3Drove over hours

22 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 73 total · 15 in 24 mo

73
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20258028
20245015
20239049
2022110410
20212012
20204014
20198027
20189039
20175125
20161001
20153003
20132002
20121001
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 25, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 24, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 19, 2026IN05Yes
Dec 28, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 4, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 26, 2025GA00Yes
Aug 5, 2025IL01Yes
Apr 29, 2025MI00Yes
Feb 14, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 1, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 24, 2024WI00Yes
Sep 3, 2024MA00Yes
Aug 19, 2024KS00Yes
Aug 12, 2024IL01Yes
May 3, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 16, 2023AL01Yes
Nov 20, 2023IN01Yes
Oct 20, 2023OH00Yes
Sep 14, 2023NY01Yes
Aug 11, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 13, 2023IL00Yes
May 1, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 13, 2023TN00Yes