Carrier profile · USDOT 203754 · MC-153552 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Steel Transport Inc

135 power unitsavg 12.6 yrRegional · 6 statesGARY, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-153552 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssteeltransportinc.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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 47 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 6.7 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

46 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 135-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
135
Inspections · 24 mo
47
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

17%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving40 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 237 total · 10 in 24 mo

237
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
87
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20254014
20241011
20222002
20215115
20208018
20194004
2018110311
2017120311
20169028
2015100210
2014150415
2013140612
20128057
20117026
20107027
20098128
20088037
2007100210
20067037
2005100510
20045015
20033103
20022012
20011011
20005024
19995035
19985034
1997100510
19963032
19958064
19947037
19937044
19924124
19916045
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 30, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2026MI00Yes
Apr 20, 2026IN01Yes
Mar 3, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 8, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 11, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 24, 2025IN01Yes
Jul 10, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 13, 2024IN01Yes
Oct 28, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 22, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 2, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 24, 2021MI00Yes
Apr 12, 2021MI12Yes
Feb 23, 2021IN00Yes
Feb 16, 2021IN00Yes
Dec 16, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 6, 2020MI00Yes
Sep 11, 2020IN00Yes
Jul 28, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 15, 2020MI00Yes
Jun 8, 2020IN00Yes
Mar 10, 2020IN01Yes
Jan 7, 2020IN00Yes