Carrier profile · USDOT 2911927 · MC-981185 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Shelton Trucking LLC

DBA SHELTON TRUCKING

384 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 27 statesBIRMINGHAM, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-981185 ACTIVE
Verified linkssheltontrucking.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 27.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 168 vehicle and 420 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.7% · 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 3.1 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

407 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 25

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 384-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
384
Inspections · 24 mo
420
Annualized
≈210 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.04measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving115 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance95 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 25 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 5 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

55 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

42ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
10Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 121 total · 24 in 24 mo

121
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
44
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026110411
20258066
2024132711
2023130212
2022110211
2021231621
2020150415
20191701015
2018100310
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026LA00Yes
Jun 5, 2026VA03Yes
May 12, 2026AL00Yes
May 10, 2026GA02Yes
May 6, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 30, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 8, 2026TN02Yes
Mar 19, 2026FL00Yes
Mar 12, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 27, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 15, 2026FL01Yes
Dec 3, 2025AL00Yes
Oct 5, 2025GA02Yes
Sep 14, 2025FL01Yes
Aug 4, 2025FL02Yes
Jul 30, 2025AL04Yes
Jun 24, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 2, 2025AL01No
Feb 17, 2025FL01No
Nov 30, 2024FL00Yes
Nov 27, 2024AL01Yes
Oct 30, 2024MS01Yes
Sep 17, 2024NC01Yes
Aug 30, 2024AL10Yes
Jun 28, 2024GA02No