Carrier profile · USDOT 1447100 · MC-546900 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Sherman Transport LLC

31 power unitsavg 11.5 yrMulti-region · 15 statesRICHARDSON, TX81/100
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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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 82 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 7

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 31-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
31
Inspections · 24 mo
82
Annualized
≈41 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
76%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 12 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
13False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 36 total · 3 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20252002
20244004
20232002
20221010
20215025
20203013
20194114
20186126
20171001
20163023
20151011
20111011
20101001
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2026TX01No
Nov 9, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 9, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 8, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 27, 2024KS00Yes
Mar 25, 2024MN00Yes
Jan 23, 2024TX00Yes
Aug 23, 2023AR00Yes
Jul 20, 2023LA00Yes
Jan 7, 2022OH02No
Aug 22, 2021OK02Yes
Jun 19, 2021MI00Yes
Jun 3, 2021OK01Yes
Jan 21, 2021GA00Yes
Jan 1, 2021MO00Yes
Nov 19, 2020MS00Yes
Sep 6, 2020KY05Yes
May 5, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 27, 2019AL20Yes
Apr 30, 2019OK00Yes
Jan 20, 2019GA00Yes
Jan 5, 2019TX01Yes
Dec 29, 2018TX10Yes
Dec 23, 2018TX00Yes
Nov 6, 2018TX01Yes