Sterling Crane LLC
DBA STERLING CRANE
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
52 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 116
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 53
- Annualized
- ≈27 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
- 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2025 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 19, 2024 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2020 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 24, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 5, 2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 5, 2017 | WY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 25, 2017 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2017 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 15, 2016 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 6, 2016 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 28, 2016 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jan 8, 2016 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 21, 2010 | ND | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 20, 2009 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 16, 2009 | UT | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 3, 2008 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 2, 2007 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 9, 2007 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2006 | CO | 0 | 0 | Yes |