Carrier profile · USDOT 397962 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

STERICYCLE INC

4,131 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 52 statesBANNOCKBURN, IL88/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 6.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,388 vehicle and 2,022 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.6% · 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 2.3 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

1,967 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 108

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 4,131-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
4,131
Inspections · 24 mo
2,022
Annualized
≈1,011 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

9%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
13%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
17%
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 Driving400 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance197 · 18 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance105 · 84 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance72 · 15 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance45 · 24 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance43 · 6 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance31 · 1 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness24 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

71 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

50ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
6False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 823 total · 99 in 24 mo

823
Total crashes
99
In last 24 mo
23
Fatal
297
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262511123
20255401852
20245621453
20234921747
20226211557
20215811255
20204801641
20195202249
2018360835
20173411233
20163931637
2015210721
20143211329
20133011625
20122411022
20113001028
2010231623
2009222821
20082901327
2007152614
2006170715
2005172914
200410157
200310168
2002130711
20014023
20004034
19984034
19972021
19962022
19951010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 30, 2026PA00Yes
Jun 22, 2026NJ00Yes
Jun 11, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 10, 2026PA00Yes
May 28, 2026MO01No
May 23, 2026NJ00Yes
May 19, 2026PA01Yes
May 11, 2026OH00Yes
May 11, 2026CO00Yes
Apr 29, 2026IN01Yes
Apr 27, 2026LA01Yes
Apr 10, 2026GA20Yes
Apr 10, 2026OH00Yes
Apr 8, 2026MS01Yes
Mar 16, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 3, 2026MN01Yes
Feb 27, 2026AR01Yes
Feb 11, 2026MS00Yes
Jan 30, 2026OH01No
Jan 30, 2026TX01Yes
Jan 27, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 21, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 16, 2026NJ01Yes
Jan 14, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 9, 2026NY01Yes