Carrier profile · USDOT 3183910 · MC-1017314 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

Stephens Trucking Company Inc

9 power unitsavg 16.2 yrLocal · 2 statesLUVERNE, AL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1017314 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 20.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 34 vehicle and 49 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 42.3 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

49 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 6

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
≈2.7 / 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
9
Inspections · 24 mo
49
Annualized
≈25 / yr
Coverage
≈2.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance63 · 11 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving31 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 82 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 2 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251001
20242012
20222012
20213013
20192002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2026AL01Yes
Feb 24, 2025AL00Yes
May 16, 2024AL01Yes
Jan 15, 2024AL00Yes
May 31, 2022AL01Yes
Mar 21, 2022AL00Yes
May 24, 2021AL00Yes
Mar 12, 2021AL01Yes
Jan 22, 2021AL00Yes
Jul 30, 2019AL00Yes
Apr 15, 2019AL00Yes