SUIT-KOTE CORPORATION
USDOT 277649MC-Docket MC397051CORTLAND, NY
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized576 power units
SUIT-KOTE CORPORATION (USDOT 277649) in CORTLAND, NY — has findings to review before tendering. FMCSA authority, fleet size, BASIC safety measures, crash and inspection history.
- Has active operating authority that's tenderable today (common or contract).
- No pending authority revocation.
- Not under an uncleared federal out-of-service or safety action.
- BIPD on file: $1,000,000.
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Current BIPD policy (ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY) was filed 12 day(s) after the last involuntary revocation (2010-12-20) — a refile-to-reinstate pattern worth a closer look.
- Satisfactory safety rating.
- No BASIC alerts in any of the five public SMS categories.
- Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are at or below the national roadside average.
- 6 preventable crash(es) in the last 24 months; recordable crash rate not available.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- Authority involuntarily revoked 2 times, most recent 2010-12-20 — recurring instability (typically insurance-lapse / reinstate cycles).
- FMCSA compliance review on file dated 2007-01-12 (J).
- Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — their absence is not a clean record; use the crash-risk signals above instead. The Hazmat Compliance BASIC is also withheld for this hazmat carrier.
Built from FMCSA's public Safety Management System data — guidance, not legal advice. Verify directly with the carrier and your cargo policy before tendering.
Authority
- Common authority
- Not applicable
- Contract authority
- Active
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 0.11
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 1.57
Under the FAST Act, FMCSA publishes an absolute per-category measure (not a 0–100 percentile) for these five BASICs — the alert flag, not the raw number, is the risk signal. The Crash Indicator and Hazmat Compliance BASICs are statutorily withheld from public view.
Last 24 months
0
Fatalities
5
Injuries
6
Crashes
145
Inspections
10
OOS inspections
9
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $1,000,000
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 576
- Total drivers
- 463
- Years in business
- 40
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 6 of 6 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- Not available
- Driver OOS rate
- 0.6%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 9.7%
The official Crash Indicator BASIC is withheld from public SMS under the FAST Act — these derived signals stand in for it; their absence is not a clean record.
Compliance & history
- Reincarnation / chameleon
- No prior revoked authority
- Involuntary revocations
- 2 times last 2010-12-20
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2024-09-16
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- 2007-01-12 · J
Inspection history (all-time)
273
Inspections
20
OOS inspections
154
Violations
22
OOS violations
1
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-20 → 2026-06-09.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2025-09-30
PA
1 injuredTow-away
2025-06-18
NY
1 injuredTow-away
2024-10-29
NJ
Tow-away
2024-08-29
PA
Tow-away
2024-07-12
NY
2 injuredTow-away
2024-07-09
PA
1 injuredTow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
87 | 18 | 2025-09-29 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
45 | 0 | 2026-04-30 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
8 | 3 | 2026-05-27 |
Hours of service 395
|
6 | 0 | 2024-10-03 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
3 | 0 | 2025-07-23 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
2 | 2 | 2025-08-21 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 173
|
2 | 0 | 2025-07-23 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
1 | 0 | 2024-07-19 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Following too closely | — |
| 2025-11-19 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-09-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2025-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2025-09-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing parking brake on power unit | OOS |
| 2025-09-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hydraulic Brake - ABS defective on truck/bus manufactured on or after March 1 1999 | — |
| 2025-08-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Backup lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-08-28 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - no fire extinguisher present or not properly rated. | — |
| 2025-08-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Inoperative or missing trailer Spring Brake | — |
| 2025-08-13 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2025-08-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Missing or inoperable breakaway braking system on a trailer(s) or converter dolly | OOS |
| 2025-08-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not immobilized or secured against rolling | OOS |
| 2025-08-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2025-08-08 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Failed to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2025-06-25 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) - Any inoperative | — |
| 2025-06-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Headlamp(s) fail to operate on low and high beam | — |
| 2025-06-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on truck-tractor manufactured on or after March 1 2001 for towed vehicle. | — |
| 2025-06-18 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - ABS malfunction lamp defective on trailers manufactured on or after March 1 1998 | — |
| 2025-06-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-05-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Heavy Vehicles/Equipment - Improper securement of heavy vehicles equipment or machinery with crawler tracks or wheels | OOS |
| 2025-05-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Both obscured when required to be on. | OOS |
| 2025-05-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any obstructed. | — |
| 2025-05-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Cargo not secured to prevent leaking/spilling/blowing/falling from CMV | OOS |
| 2025-05-07 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2025-04-22 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lubrication - Oil or grease leak | — |
| 2024-10-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Hose/tubing damaged or not secured | — |
| 2024-10-03 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Any wheel fasteners loose/missing/ineffective/broken. | — |
| 2024-10-03 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to review records and certify the accuracy of the information. | — |
| 2024-09-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2024-09-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Leaking/spilling/blowing/falling cargo | OOS |
| 2024-08-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2024-08-08 | Unsafe Driving | Failing to use seat belt while operating a CMV | — |
| 2024-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-08-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-08-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative Brake Lamps | OOS |
| 2024-07-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake hose or tubing chafing and/or kinking | — |
| 2024-07-26 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-07-19 | Driver Fitness | Operating a property-carrying vehicle without possessing a valid medical certificate - no previous history | — |
| 2024-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperative turn signal | — |
| 2024-07-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | No or Defective ABS Malfunction Indicator Lamp for trailer manufactured after 03/01/1998 | — |
| 2024-06-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-06-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Conspicuity Systems - Truck tractor lower rear retro reflective sheeting missing on vehicle manufactured on or after Jul | — |
| 2024-06-19 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-06-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Drum Brake - Missing/broken component(s) | — |
| 2024-06-11 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - All others leaking or inflation less than 50% of the maximum inflation pressure on tire not equipped with ATIS | OOS |
| 2024-06-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Fails air loss rate test | OOS |
| 2024-06-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Air Brake - Audible air leak at a proper connection | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2024-05-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
Recent inspections (with violations, newest first)
Showing the 25 most-recent inspections that had violations. Clean inspections aren't listed here — they're counted in the all-time inspection totals above.
2026-05-27 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle inspection & repair 396 | 17C-PI | — | — |
2026-04-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLFC | — | — |
2025-11-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2025-10-20 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIFTA | — | — |
2025-09-29 1 viol· 1 OOSHazmat
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2025-09-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
2025-09-02 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55A-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 41-BNPB | OOS | — |
2025-08-28 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A1 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LBL | — | — |
2025-08-28 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLEQP | — | — |
2025-08-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D-BIPBS | — | — |
2025-08-21 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 834A-HMC | OOS | — |
2025-08-15 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
2025-08-13 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSIV | — | — |
2025-08-12 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D-B | OOS | — |
2025-08-12 2 viols· 2 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 177 | 834A-HMC | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 106C1-C | OOS | — |
2025-08-08 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 16-D | — | — |
2025-07-23 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 173 | 60-HMGP | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 173 | 60-HMGP | — | — |
| Hazardous materials (HMR) 172 | 407A-HML | — | — |
2025-06-25 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LHLI | — | — |
2025-06-18 3 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55E-B | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-HLLH | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 55D2-B | — | — |
2025-06-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2025-05-22 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 130C-CHVE | OOS | — |
2025-05-12 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9B-LSLOWR | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9B-LRLO | — | — |
2025-05-08 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 100B-C | OOS | — |
2025-05-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2025-05-01 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2WG | — | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLED | — | — |
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