Carrier profile · USDOT 1702320 · MC-4541 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sun Valley Foods Company

13 power unitsavg 6.2 yrLocal · 1 statesDETROIT, MI82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-4541 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkssunvalleyfoods.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 70.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 10 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 9.6 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 4

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 13-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
13
Inspections · 24 mo
22
Annualized
≈11 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

38%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
41%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Oct 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 15 total · 4 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20241001
20231001
20221001
20211001
20202002
20193003
20171001
20151001
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 8, 2025MI01Yes
Apr 30, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 21, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 17, 2024MI00Yes
May 2, 2023MI00Yes
Jan 18, 2022MI00Yes
Feb 1, 2021MI00Yes
Jul 1, 2020MI00Yes
Apr 1, 2020MI00Yes
Nov 11, 2019MI00Yes
Sep 3, 2019MI00Yes
Jan 23, 2019MI00Yes
Apr 10, 2017MI00Yes
May 29, 2015MI00Yes
Aug 29, 2013OH00Yes