Sutton Trucking Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
44 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 58
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 46
- Annualized
- ≈23 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
- 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
3 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 70 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1995 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2025 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jun 23, 2025 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| May 14, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 20, 2025 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 14, 2024 | MO | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jan 23, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 29, 2022 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2022 | MO | 0 | 1 | No |
| Jun 23, 2022 | MO | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2021 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2021 | OK | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| Jan 27, 2021 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2020 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2020 | AR | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 8, 2020 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 14, 2020 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 19, 2019 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 1, 2019 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 4, 2019 | MO | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Jul 12, 2018 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 7, 2018 | MO | 0 | 4 | Yes |
| Nov 15, 2017 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2017 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 31, 2016 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |