Carrier profile · USDOT 2579041 · MC-903010 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Superior Metal Transportation Inc

40 power unitsavg 4.7 yrRegional · 7 statesNORTON, OH88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-903010 ACTIVE
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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 22.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 18 vehicle and 33 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 7.9 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

33 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '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 40-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
33
Annualized
≈17 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
8%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
46%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
28%
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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 3, 2026. 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 — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 11 total · 2 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20242022
20221001
20203103
20191001
20161001
20152002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 26, 2025PA01Yes
Sep 30, 2024OH01Yes
Apr 19, 2024IN01Yes
Nov 15, 2022MI00Yes
Dec 1, 2020WI00Yes
Oct 27, 2020MI00Yes
Sep 8, 2020MI10Yes
Feb 28, 2019OH00Yes
Jun 21, 2016OH00Yes
Oct 23, 2015PA00Yes
Oct 5, 2015MI00Yes