Carrier profile · USDOT 2876280 · MC-965234 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

SUMMA LOGISTICS INC

41 power unitsavg 5.4 yrNational · 21 statesBURLINGTON, IA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-965234 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 39.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 126 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.0% · 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 8.8 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

123 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 13

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 41-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
41
Inspections · 24 mo
126
Annualized
≈63 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
74%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving72 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 16 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 6, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 25 total · 3 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20251001
20236015
20227027
20212012
20205035
20192002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 23, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 24, 2026IL00Yes
Oct 1, 2025TN00Yes
Aug 26, 2023NE00Yes
Apr 17, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 24, 2023IL01No
Mar 16, 2023MN00Yes
Feb 22, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 30, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 14, 2022WA00Yes
Jun 25, 2022CO01Yes
Jun 12, 2022NC00Yes
Jun 10, 2022AR00Yes
May 26, 2022NC02Yes
Feb 10, 2022ME00Yes
Aug 28, 2021NY00Yes
Jan 21, 2021IN01Yes
Oct 8, 2020VA00Yes
Sep 15, 2020OK01Yes
Aug 13, 2020IL00Yes
May 8, 2020DE01Yes
Apr 7, 2020IL02Yes
Dec 11, 2019AR00Yes
Mar 3, 2019PA00Yes