Carrier profile · USDOT 510567 · Updated Jul 25, 2026

Shepherd Electric Company LLC

DBA SHEPHERD ELECTRIC SUPPLY

85 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 4 statesBALTIMORE, MD88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksshepherdelec.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 5.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 98 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.3% · 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 13.1 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

95 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 8

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 85-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
85
Inspections · 24 mo
98
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Maintenance45 · 5 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 143 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 3 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252011
20242022
20231011
20223013
20211001
20202012
20193023
20171001
20161101
20111011
20071011
20041011
20021011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026MD00Yes
Aug 22, 2025DC01No
Feb 7, 2025DC00Yes
May 28, 2024MD02Yes
Jan 22, 2024VA01Yes
Mar 8, 2023MD01Yes
May 24, 2022MD00Yes
Apr 14, 2022MD01Yes
Apr 1, 2022MD00Yes
Dec 23, 2021MD00Yes
Sep 3, 2020VA01Yes
Jun 18, 2020VA00Yes
Sep 13, 2019MD01Yes
Jul 1, 2019MD02Yes
Jun 24, 2019MD00Yes
Nov 13, 2017MD00Yes
Apr 21, 2016VA10Yes
Nov 9, 2011VA02Yes
Jun 1, 2007MD01Yes
Apr 16, 2004MD02Yes
May 20, 2002MD01Yes