Carrier profile · USDOT 97879 · MC-107960 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Summerford Truck Line Inc

82 power unitsavg 8.6 yrNational · 19 statesASHFORD, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-107960 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 72 vehicle and 174 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

36.4% · 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 9.1 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

169 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 82-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
82
Inspections · 24 mo
174
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
79%
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 Driving104 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 13 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

39 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
4False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 124 total · 9 in 24 mo

124
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
56
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20256036
20243023
20235005
20222012
20216036
20205025
20192002
20184043
20178127
20162012
20159069
20143013
20134004
20127057
20111011
20102002
20092002
199710179
199610077
19959138
19949229
19938046
19923002
19912012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026FL02Yes
Mar 10, 2026GA00Yes
Oct 16, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 13, 2025TX05Yes
Sep 3, 2025AR01Yes
Mar 24, 2025AL01Yes
Jan 21, 2025AL00Yes
Jan 17, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 12, 2024AL02Yes
Apr 22, 2024GA02Yes
Mar 6, 2024GA00Yes
Dec 20, 2023TN00Yes
Oct 17, 2023AL00Yes
Jun 17, 2023IL00Yes
Mar 11, 2023GA00Yes
Feb 6, 2023FL00Yes
Oct 27, 2022FL00Yes
May 19, 2022FL01Yes
Nov 12, 2021AL00Yes
Aug 19, 2021TN00Yes
Jul 30, 2021LA01Yes
Jul 22, 2021AL00Yes
Jun 22, 2021AL01Yes
Feb 8, 2021MO01Yes
Oct 11, 2020AL01Yes