Carrier profile · USDOT 732140 · MC-594992 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Superior Cranes Inc

253 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 12 statesROCKINGHAM, NC88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-594992 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssuperiorcranes.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 20.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 200 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 6.9 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

196 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 16

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 253-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
253
Inspections · 24 mo
200
Annualized
≈100 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving79 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 9 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 3 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness6 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 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.

16ELD device issues
8No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 85 total · 16 in 24 mo

85
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025120811
20246036
20238028
20228037
20212012
20203022
20181001
20174113
20165025
20151001
20143013
20133133
20123023
20112002
20101001
20092022
20082012
20071001
20062011
20052011
20044023
20033021
20021001
20011001
20001011
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 6, 2026NC01Yes
Jun 2, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 22, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 4, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 3, 2025NC02Yes
Sep 30, 2025NC01No
Aug 6, 2025GA01Yes
Jul 18, 2025GA01Yes
Jun 27, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 28, 2025SC07Yes
Apr 4, 2025NC01Yes
Feb 17, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 12, 2025SC01Yes
Jan 24, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 16, 2025NC01Yes
Oct 2, 2024GA00Yes
Jun 7, 2024WV01Yes
Jun 7, 2024SC00Yes
May 19, 2024SC03Yes
Apr 16, 2024NC00Yes
Feb 15, 2024SC01Yes
Dec 18, 2023SC00Yes
Dec 12, 2023SC01Yes
Sep 13, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 22, 2023SC00Yes