Carrier profile · USDOT 1713485 · MC-1090386 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Spartan Truck Lines LLC

DBA SPARTAN TRUCK LINES

36 power unitsavg 8.5 yrNational · 21 statesCAPE GIRARDEAU, MO80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1090386 ACTIVE
Verified linksspartantrucklines.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 45.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 44 vehicle and 106 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 17.4 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

103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 36-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
106
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

74%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
85%
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
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
12False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 54% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 5 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20245025
20232002
20225025
20212002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2025NC00Yes
May 7, 2025MO00Yes
Dec 30, 2024KY01Yes
Nov 8, 2024MS01Yes
Aug 14, 2024MO00Yes
Jul 8, 2024KY00Yes
Mar 8, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 29, 2023MO00Yes
Jan 18, 2023TN00Yes
Nov 11, 2022MO00Yes
Aug 19, 2022NC01Yes
May 17, 2022MO00Yes
May 6, 2022MS00Yes
Mar 2, 2022ID01Yes
Dec 14, 2021TN00Yes
Sep 13, 2021AR00Yes