Carrier profile · USDOT 678969 · MC-145996 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC

1 power unitavg 10.5 yrRegional · 5 statesTAYLOR, MI84/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-145996 ACTIVEHAZMAT

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

1Power units

23 observed · MCS-150

24Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

10.5Avg age (yr)

2006–2022 · vPIC

Call dispatch(313) 299-2167 Email dispatchpraboczkay@ilgi.com

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Active operating authorityInsurance on fileFatal crash on record

Watch · 2

Fatal crash on record2 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.MCS-150 update dueThe biennial MCS-150 update is overdue.

In good standing · 4

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 29 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 1997.Out-of-service rates below national averageBoth vehicle and driver OOS rates beat the national benchmark across 33 inspections.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo10.0%

▼ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

3 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Owner-operator

1 power unit. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

10.5 yr

Model years 2006–2022 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

29 yr unchanged

Same registration since 1997 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

33 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 10.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 30 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.9% · 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 15.7 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 5

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

≈16.5 / 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: 1
Inspections · 24 mo: 33
Annualized: ≈17 / yr
Coverage: ≈16.5 inspections / unit · yr

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

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Authority & insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: Active

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’25 · 10 insurers · 0 lapsesInsurer churn

Continental’87–’95

Travelers’96–’00

Hudson’08–’25

1987199720072017now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 10 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. · since Nov 2025

All 10 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
HUDSON INSURANCE COMPANY	Feb 2008 → Nov 2025	$750K	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2006 → Feb 2008	$750K	1
ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2004 → Nov 2006	$750K	1
DISCOVER PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2003 → Nov 2004	$750K	2
ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2002 → Nov 2003	$750K	1
SPECIALTY NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Nov 2001 → Nov 2002	$750K	1
GULF INSURANCE CO.	Nov 2000 → Nov 2001	$750K	1
TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY	Nov 1996 → Dec 2000	$750K	3
LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	Apr 1995 → Nov 1996	$750K	1
THE CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	May 1987 → Apr 1995	$750K	1

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Equipment & fleet

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 1
Observed power (24 mo): 23
Trailers (towed): 24

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

10.5 yr

Average age

2022

Newest model yr

2006

Oldest model yr

21.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 5 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusRegional

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

TX busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

TAYLOR, MI

9850 PELHAM RD

Top corridor

TX ⇄ MI

TX 27 · NM 3 · KY 1

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

No shared-VIN flow in the last 12 months

None of this carrier's trucks were inspected under another USDOT in the last 12 months — any shared equipment is historical, not active.

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Across all inspections on record: USDOT 711125 USDOT 3693722 USDOT 128493 USDOT 3606326 USDOT 2516954 USDOT 710381 USDOT 2791893 USDOT 2163666

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@ilgi.com — 10 carriers: USDOT 104267 USDOT 128493 USDOT 418669 USDOT 520220 USDOT 603957 USDOT 2029530 USDOT 2377058 USDOT 4012539

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & contact

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 9850 PELHAM RD, TAYLOR, MI, 48180
Operation: Interstate· Hazmat

Contact

Phone: (313) 299-2167
Cell: (313) 418-2825
Email: praboczkay@ilgi.com
Web domain: ilgi.com

Registration

Officers: N E Klein · N S Klein
USDOT / docket: 678969 · MC-145996
First registered: Mar 4, 1997
Last MCS-150: May 14, 2024 · 174,994 mi (2023)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

174,994

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC.

STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC (USDOT 678969) has a Vektor safety score of 84/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jun 13, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO. effective Nov 1, 2025 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jun 13, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 10.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier received 33 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 30 vehicle-level and 33 driver-level — across 5 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

The carrier has 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 2 fatal crashes across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jun 13, 2026.

It reports 1 power unit and 1 driver in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 14, 2024.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jun 13, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC's USDOT number?

STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC's USDOT number is 678969, and its motor carrier number is MC-145996.

Is STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC authorized to operate?

As of Jun 13, 2026, STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC's safety record?

STERLING FREIGHT LINES INC has a 10.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 33 roadside inspections, with 3 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 84/100 (tier: review).