Carrier profile · USDOT 1273142 · MC-497101 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Steger Transport Inc

21 power unitsavg 8.1 yrMulti-region · 11 statesDYERSVILLE, IA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-497101 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 10.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 30 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 18.8 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 4

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
30
Annualized
≈15 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.201 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.41 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 12, 2023. 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· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20241011
20234124
20221001
20206006
20181001
20161001
20101001
20081011
20061011
20041001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026MI01Yes
Nov 10, 2024IL01Yes
Dec 14, 2023IN00Yes
Dec 12, 2023IN11Yes
Apr 6, 2023IN00Yes
Jan 2, 2023IA01Yes
Aug 8, 2022IL00Yes
Dec 5, 2020IN00Yes
Nov 25, 2020WI00Yes
Aug 15, 2020IA00Yes
May 28, 2020IL00Yes
Feb 14, 2020IL00Yes
Feb 12, 2020IL00Yes
Sep 12, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 5, 2016NY00Yes
Aug 23, 2010IL00Yes
Feb 26, 2008NE01Yes
Nov 3, 2006IL02Yes
Oct 13, 2004IN00Yes