Carrier profile · USDOT 255520 · Updated Aug 13, 2026

Superior Battery Manufacturing Co Inc

26 power unitsavg 7.6 yrMulti-region · 11 statesRUSSELL SPRINGS, KY88/100

AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNRATED 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 15.4%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 21 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

20 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.4 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 26-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 26
Inspections · 24 mo: 21
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

17%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

10%

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 Driving8 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 20, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 17 total · 3 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	1	0
2025	2	0	1	2
2023	1	0	0	1
2022	1	0	0	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2018	1	0	0	1
2014	2	1	1	2
2013	1	0	0	1
2008	2	0	1	2
2005	2	1	1	2
2002	1	1	0	1
1999	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Mar 17, 2026	SC	0	2	No
Oct 6, 2025	MO	0	0	Yes
Oct 6, 2025	MD	0	1	Yes
Mar 23, 2023	LA	0	0	Yes
Oct 5, 2022	GA	0	0	Yes
Oct 26, 2021	MO	0	0	Yes
Feb 25, 2020	AL	0	0	Yes
Dec 3, 2018	MD	0	0	Yes
Aug 27, 2014	TN	1	4	Yes
May 8, 2014	IN	0	0	Yes
Sep 13, 2013	KY	0	0	Yes
Apr 30, 2008	KY	0	1	Yes
Feb 14, 2008	WI	0	0	Yes
May 23, 2005	KY	0	0	Yes
Apr 15, 2005	KY	1	2	Yes
Nov 19, 2002	IL	1	0	Yes
Jun 10, 1999	KY	0	0	Yes