SUMMIT EXPRESS INC Safety Record
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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark
OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 17
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 35
- Annualized
- ≈18 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01
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 Driving11
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance2
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1
ELD & hours-of-service
10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 11/04/2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 76 total · 0 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 14 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/04/2023 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 07/12/2023 | GA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 12/13/2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/08/2022 | NJ | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/30/2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/22/2022 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 07/14/2021 | KY | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/11/2021 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/25/2021 | TX | 0 | 1 | No |
| 03/23/2021 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 12/03/2020 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 10/11/2020 | VA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 03/14/2020 | IN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 02/12/2020 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 01/18/2020 | LA | 0 | 2 | No |
| 01/17/2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 11/07/2019 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 11/01/2019 | AZ | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| 10/29/2019 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 08/05/2019 | MI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 06/13/2019 | PA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 05/19/2019 | IA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| 04/15/2019 | TN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/14/2019 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| 04/01/2019 | AR | 0 | 1 | Yes |