Carrier profile · USDOT 1171309 · MC-470078 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Stepanov Trucking LLC

DBA STEPANOV TRUCKING

95 power unitsavg 9.1 yrNational · 30 statesMT CRAWFORD, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-470078 ACTIVE
Verified linksstepanovtrucking.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 13.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 82 vehicle and 170 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 12.8 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

167 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 12

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
170
Annualized
≈85 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
60%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 12 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 10, 2026. 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
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 7 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20252012
20245024
20231001
20212002
20205124
20191011
20183012
20171001
20162012
20151001
20141001
20135225
20121111
20111011
20105024
20091010
20082002
20031111
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 20, 2026FL00Yes
Feb 12, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 14, 2026SC00Yes
Aug 6, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 19, 2025WV02Yes
Nov 9, 2024KY02No
Sep 4, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 31, 2024MI00Yes
Feb 24, 2024VA01Yes
Jan 15, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 21, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 17, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 29, 2021WV00Yes
Dec 9, 2020TX30Yes
Sep 23, 2020TX01Yes
Sep 21, 2020TN00Yes
Aug 8, 2020LA02No
Mar 23, 2020NC00Yes
May 15, 2019WV02Yes
Nov 15, 2018VA00Yes
Jul 22, 2018CT00Yes
Jan 13, 2018NC01No
Dec 21, 2017PA00Yes
Aug 6, 2016VA00Yes
Jun 25, 2016SC04Yes