Carrier profile · USDOT 988981 · MC-420764 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

Straitline Transportation LLC

58 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 27 statesBURLINGTON, IA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-420764 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 16.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 120 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 5.6 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

115 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 12

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 58-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
58
Inspections · 24 mo
120
Annualized
≈60 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
43%
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 Driving112 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
2Drove over hours

6 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 11 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262020
20256016
20244014
20232012
20212002
20202012
20193023
20161010
20142012
20111001
20081011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 5, 2026IA01No
Feb 12, 2026OH01No
Dec 11, 2025WI00Yes
Aug 3, 2025CT02Yes
Jul 20, 2025CO00Yes
Jul 10, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 1, 2025GA00Yes
May 16, 2025CT00Yes
Dec 6, 2024IA01Yes
Nov 8, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 24, 2024MO00Yes
May 15, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 22, 2023WY00Yes
May 17, 2023NE01Yes
Nov 9, 2021NC00Yes
Sep 1, 2021KY00Yes
Sep 24, 2020WI01Yes
Aug 13, 2020PA00Yes
Dec 23, 2019MO00Yes
Nov 12, 2019KY01Yes
Aug 30, 2019WV01Yes
Sep 2, 2016TX01No
May 14, 2014MO01Yes
Apr 28, 2014TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2011WV00Yes