STSTAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC 74

STAFFORD TRANSPORT OF MICHIGAN INC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 52.6% (24-mo)264 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9% (24-mo)557 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

30.8% now▼ Improving

Trailing rate down 6.3 pts across the window — latest above the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 310-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
310
Inspections · 24 mo
557
Annualized
≈279 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
78%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
40%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
91%
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 Driving524
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance278 · 112 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance204 · 178 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance74
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance58 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance57
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance45
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance40 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance34
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance33 · 25 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent 04/23/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 135 total · 37 in 24 mo

135
Total crashes
37
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
56
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266046
20252001118
2024241822
2023162915
2022240823
2021131312
2020160715
20192002
20187036
20174013
20162012
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
06/30/2026LA00Yes
06/08/2026GA01Yes
05/21/2026LA01Yes
04/03/2026AL01Yes
03/04/2026GA01Yes
02/03/2026AL00Yes
12/27/2025LA01Yes
09/19/2025TN01Yes
08/13/2025LA01No
08/05/2025LA00Yes
07/10/2025GA00Yes
06/19/2025TN00Yes
06/18/2025GA00Yes
06/10/2025AL01No
06/06/2025GA01Yes
05/27/2025FL00Yes
05/08/2025LA01Yes
04/12/2025TN02Yes
03/13/2025TN00Yes
02/26/2025GA02Yes
02/25/2025GA01Yes
02/12/2025GA00Yes
02/05/2025GA00Yes
01/29/2025GA05Yes
01/24/2025GA00Yes