Carrier profile · USDOT 314795 · MC-209784 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Sunburst Truck Lines Inc

DBA SUNBURST TRUCK LINES

178 power unitsavg 14.8 yrRegional · 6 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-209784 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 31.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 309 vehicle and 318 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.1% · 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 4.7 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

313 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 21

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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 178-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 178
Inspections · 24 mo: 321
Annualized: ≈161 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

65%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

71%

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.

393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance109 · 46 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance54 · 6 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 39 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance45 · 17 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance38 · 4 OOS
392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving34 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance26 · 1 OOS
393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

20 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 31, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 139 total · 5 in 24 mo

139

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	0	1
2025	2	0	0	2
2024	2	0	1	2
2023	6	0	3	6
2022	2	0	1	2
2021	3	1	1	3
2020	3	0	0	3
2018	4	0	4	4
2017	4	0	3	3
2016	4	0	2	3
2015	8	0	2	8
2014	8	1	6	5
2013	4	0	1	4
2012	2	0	1	2
2011	4	0	1	4
2010	6	0	4	6
2009	5	0	3	5
2008	2	0	0	2
2007	4	1	3	4
2006	6	0	4	4
2005	6	0	5	4
2004	2	0	0	2
2003	7	0	2	7
2002	2	0	1	2
2001	3	0	0	3
2000	3	0	1	3
1999	2	0	1	2
1998	5	0	1	5
1997	2	0	1	2
1996	3	0	1	3
1995	8	0	6	8
1994	5	0	1	5
1993	7	0	3	7
1992	3	0	1	3
1991	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Jan 2, 2026	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 19, 2025	TX	0	0	Yes
Jun 30, 2025	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 29, 2024	TX	0	2	Yes
Aug 22, 2024	TX	0	0	Yes
Dec 12, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 20, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
Sep 18, 2023	TX	0	1	Yes
Aug 4, 2023	TX	0	0	Yes
Jul 3, 2023	TX	0	1	Yes
Feb 17, 2023	TX	0	1	Yes
Apr 11, 2022	TX	0	0	Yes
Feb 24, 2022	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 20, 2021	TX	0	1	Yes
Sep 13, 2021	TX	0	0	Yes
May 4, 2021	TX	1	0	Yes
Dec 30, 2020	TX	0	0	Yes
Nov 20, 2020	LA	0	0	Yes
Mar 12, 2020	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 22, 2018	TX	0	5	Yes
Jul 26, 2018	TX	0	1	Yes
Jul 24, 2018	TX	0	1	Yes
Jan 20, 2018	TX	0	1	Yes
Dec 1, 2017	TX	0	1	Yes
May 8, 2017	TX	0	1	No