Carrier profile · USDOT 277649 · MC-397051 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Suit-kote Corporation

561 power unitsavg 10.8 yrRegional · 3 statesCORTLAND, NY88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-397051 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 9.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 108 vehicle and 153 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

7.4% · 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 6.1 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

146 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 22

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
0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 561-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
561
Inspections · 24 mo
153
Annualized
77 / yr
Coverage
0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
18%
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 Driving39 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 3, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 73 total · 4 in 24 mo

73
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
34
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252022
20244024
20233023
20225035
20213003
20202022
20193102
20184004
20171011
20164034
20151001
20144023
20135025
20123013
20112002
20104033
20091011
20072002
20063023
20053032
20041001
20031001
20023022
20013013
20002012
19992012
19961001
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 30, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 18, 2025NY01Yes
Oct 29, 2024NJ00Yes
Aug 29, 2024PA00Yes
Jul 12, 2024NY02Yes
Jul 9, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 19, 2023NY01Yes
Jul 5, 2023NY01Yes
Jul 5, 2023PA00Yes
Oct 11, 2022NY00Yes
Sep 26, 2022NY01Yes
Jul 5, 2022NY01Yes
Jun 15, 2022NY00Yes
Jun 13, 2022NY01Yes
Oct 18, 2021NY00Yes
Sep 21, 2021PA00Yes
Jul 8, 2021NY00Yes
Aug 13, 2020NY01Yes
Jun 17, 2020NY01Yes
Oct 9, 2019NY10No
Sep 25, 2019NY00Yes
Apr 26, 2019NY00Yes
Sep 21, 2018NY00Yes
Aug 6, 2018NY00Yes
Aug 6, 2018NY00Yes