Carrier profile · USDOT 193491 · MC-775451 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sullivan Tire Co Inc

155 power unitsavg 4.8 yrRegional · 7 statesNORWELL, MA70/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNMC-775451 STATUS UNKNOWNRATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssullivantire.comFMCSA SAFER

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 8.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 86 vehicle and 166 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 6.4 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

161 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 15

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 155-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
155
Inspections · 24 mo
166
Annualized
≈83 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
3%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
8%
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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 31 total · 3 in 24 mo

31
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20244034
20223023
20213122
20201001
20182002
20172012
20162002
20151001
20141001
20131001
20121001
20112102
20102022
20082012
20071011
20061011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2025NH00Yes
Mar 13, 2025MA00Yes
Dec 18, 2024MA01Yes
Jun 28, 2024ME01Yes
May 20, 2024ME03Yes
Mar 29, 2024MA00Yes
Nov 8, 2022ME05Yes
Aug 8, 2022MA01Yes
Mar 18, 2022MA00Yes
Dec 7, 2021ME12Yes
Nov 19, 2021ME00Yes
Jan 11, 2021ME01No
Apr 29, 2020MA00Yes
Jun 19, 2018MA00Yes
May 15, 2018MA00Yes
Dec 5, 2017CT01Yes
Sep 2, 2017NH00Yes
Dec 6, 2016MA00Yes
Apr 4, 2016MA00Yes
Oct 28, 2015NH00Yes
Feb 25, 2014ME00Yes
Nov 8, 2013MA00Yes
Apr 26, 2012MA00Yes
Sep 19, 2011MA10Yes
Jan 8, 2011MA00Yes