Carrier profile · USDOT 437028 · MC-152490 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Spirit Truck Lines LLC

223 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 33 statesSAN JUAN, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152490 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksspirittrucklines.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 8.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 554 vehicle and 714 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.8% · 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 3.3 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

701 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 42

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
223
Inspections · 24 mo
715
Annualized
≈358 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Driving107 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance49 · 13 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance49 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 27 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving32 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
9Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 281 total · 13 in 24 mo

281
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
13
Fatal
104
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264023
20256016
20247037
2023110311
2022140513
2021161814
2020161316
2019222821
2018211821
20179047
2016121510
2015130413
20146026
2013112311
2012120311
20119038
20108155
2009111310
2008121610
20076016
20069158
20059038
20048048
20033023
20024014
20011001
20002012
19991001
19981001
19976136
19961011
19953023
19941011
19934014
19922002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026OK00Yes
Apr 9, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 26, 2026AL01Yes
Mar 23, 2026TX01No
Aug 16, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 14, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 15, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 13, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 28, 2025IA00Yes
Jan 5, 2025MS00Yes
Dec 23, 2024TX02Yes
Nov 25, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 1, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 21, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 21, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 26, 2024TX02Yes
Mar 19, 2024TX02Yes
Dec 18, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 13, 2023NM00Yes
Oct 4, 2023TX00Yes
Aug 24, 2023AZ00Yes
Aug 6, 2023OH00Yes
Jun 29, 2023KS00Yes
May 30, 2023TX01Yes
May 26, 2023TX01Yes