Carrier profile · USDOT 2473365 · MC-855375 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

STRAIGHT THROUGH LOGISTICS INC

DBA STL TRANSPORTATION INC

70 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 34 statesALSIP, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-855375 ACTIVE
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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 31.3%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 — 67 vehicle and 180 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.2% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 13.0 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

173 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 10

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 70-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
180
Annualized
≈90 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 18 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 31 total · 6 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252021
20246136
20235015
20225124
20215015
20204023
20191001
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 27, 2026MI00Yes
Jan 14, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 4, 2025PA01Yes
Feb 14, 2025OH01No
Nov 20, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 20, 2024AR01Yes
Apr 10, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 4, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 10, 2024IL01Yes
Jan 8, 2024NM113Yes
Dec 27, 2023CA01Yes
Oct 31, 2023WI00Yes
Jul 6, 2023IN00Yes
Jun 29, 2023IL00Yes
Apr 17, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 17, 2022NC00Yes
Dec 8, 2022OH01No
Aug 14, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 12, 2022IL21Yes
Apr 14, 2022SD00Yes
Dec 9, 2021MO00Yes
Nov 2, 2021GA00Yes
Oct 17, 2021AZ00Yes
May 1, 2021MS01Yes
Feb 16, 2021PA00Yes