SUPERIOR TRANSPORTATION INC
USDOT 3479143MC-Docket MC1141236SHELBY, NC
Review before tenderingHazmat-authorized103 power units
SUPERIOR TRANSPORTATION INC (USDOT 3479143) in SHELBY, NC — 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 is $750,000 — below your $1,000,000 floor (federal general-freight minimum is $750,000).
- No cargo insurance on file. Required for many shipper contracts.
- No history of insurance lapses.
- Unrated by FMCSA. Most carriers are unrated — unrated is not the same as unsafe.
- 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 0.
- No fatal crashes in the last 24 months.
- No link to a prior revoked authority.
- 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
- Active
- Contract authority
- Not applicable
Safety & BASIC scorecard
BASIC safety measures
Unsafe driving
No alert
measure 1.25
Hours of service
No alert
measure 0.6
Driver fitness
No alert
measure 0.02
Controlled substance
No alert
measure 0
Vehicle maintenance
No alert
measure 2.86
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
2
Injuries
8
Crashes
392
Inspections
63
OOS inspections
85
OOS violations
Insurance
- BIPD on file
- $750,000 below $1M baseline
- Cargo insurance
- No
- Bond on file
- No
Fleet
- Power units
- 103
- Total drivers
- 103
- Years in business
- 6
- Hazmat authority
- Yes
Crash risk
- Preventable crashes (24 mo)
- 6 of 8 total crash(es)
- Recordable crash rate
- 0
- Driver OOS rate
- 1.6%
- Vehicle OOS rate
- 19.4%
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
- None on file
- Physical address
- No address flags
- Federal OOS / safety action
- None on file
- MCS-150 self-report
- 2026-02-09
- Insurance lapse history
- No lapses on record
- Last compliance review
- None on file
Inspection history (all-time)
634
Inspections
116
OOS inspections
706
Violations
158
OOS violations
2
Post-accident
Record spans 2023-06-16 → 2026-06-11.
Crash history (last 24 months)
2026-02-16
MO
Tow-away
2025-05-29
TN
Tow-away
2025-04-22
LA
Tow-away
2025-04-03
SC
Tow-away
2025-02-15
PA
2 injuredTow-away
2024-12-10
FL
Tow-away
2024-12-03
TN
Tow-away
2024-11-25
MO
Tow-away
Violation pattern (all-time, by area)
| Area (49 CFR part) | Violations | Out of service | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
Vehicle parts & maintenance 393
|
360 | 111 | 2026-06-01 |
Unsafe driving 392
|
168 | 13 | 2026-06-10 |
Hours of service 395
|
119 | 2 | 2026-04-13 |
Vehicle inspection & repair 396
|
33 | 24 | 2026-03-02 |
General safety regulations 390
|
13 | 0 | 2026-01-21 |
Driver qualifications 391
|
5 | 4 | 2025-10-08 |
CDL standards 383
|
3 | 2 | 2026-06-10 |
Financial responsibility (insurance) 387
|
2 | 0 | 2025-07-17 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 177
|
1 | 1 | 2023-12-02 |
Hazardous materials (HMR) 172
|
1 | 0 | 2024-10-23 |
Recent violations (last 24 months, worst first)
| Date | Category | Violation | OOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2026-05-08 | Vehicle Maintenance | Heavy Vehicles/Equipment - Improper securement of heavy vehicles equipment or machinery with crawler tracks or wheels | OOS |
| 2026-05-08 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Lane restriction violation | — |
| 2026-05-07 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Failed to obey a traffic control device - Permanent or Temporary - e.g. safety official signal sign l | — |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable head lamps | — |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Damaged securement system/tiedowns | OOS |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2026-04-29 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wipers - Inoperative / missing / damaged wipers | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving more than 11 hours following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the current 8 consecutive day | — |
| 2026-04-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (Property) - Driving beyond the 14 hour after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty during the curr | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Front less than 4/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Tires - Less than 2/32 inch tread depth | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Tail lamp - Any inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - unsecured | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - License plate lamp inoperative | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield / Windows - Tinting permits less than 70% of light transmittance | — |
| 2026-04-06 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - ELD Form and Manner | — |
| 2026-03-31 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper breakaway or emergency braking | OOS |
| 2026-03-31 | Unsafe Driving | Failure to obey traffic control device | — |
| 2026-03-30 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Front - Turn signal - inoperative | — |
| 2026-03-16 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Loose or unfastened tiedown | — |
| 2026-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Heavy Vehicles/Equipment - Improper securement of heavy vehicles equipment or machinery with crawler tracks or wheels | OOS |
| 2026-03-10 | Unsafe Driving | Driver - Using or equipping a CMV with a radar detector | — |
| 2026-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Emergency Equipment - Fire Extinguishers - not readily accessible or filled | — |
| 2026-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel fasteners loose and/or missing | — |
| 2026-03-10 | Vehicle Maintenance | Windshield - Obstructed | — |
| 2026-03-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Cargo - Vehicle components or dunnage not secured | OOS |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Turn signal - Any inoperative on the rearmost vehicle. | OOS |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle | OOS |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Lighting - Stop lamps - Any inoperative. | — |
| 2026-03-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - No visible or measurable lubricant showing in the hub | OOS |
| 2026-02-23 | Vehicle Maintenance | Wheel/Rim - Rim spoke wheel or adapter cracked | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | False report of drivers record of duty status | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Unsafe Driving | Improper lane change | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 6-10 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | ELD cannot transfer ELD records electronically | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Motor carrier failed to ensure that the ELD automatically recorded the required data elements. | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Portable ELD not mounted in a fixed position and visible to driver | — |
| 2026-02-19 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | HOS (ELD) - Driver failing to manually input or verify CMV trailer number. | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Drivers record of duty status not current | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Vehicle Maintenance | Inoperable Required Lamp | — |
| 2026-02-13 | Hours-of-Service Compliance | Record of Duty Status violation (general/form and manner) | — |
| 2026-02-05 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake - Breakaway not attached to the towing vehicle | OOS |
| 2026-02-04 | Unsafe Driving | Using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a CMV | — |
| 2026-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | No/improper breakaway or emergency braking | OOS |
| 2026-02-04 | Vehicle Maintenance | Failing to secure vehicle equipment | OOS |
| 2026-02-03 | Unsafe Driving | State/Local Laws - Speeding 11-14 miles per hour over the speed limit | — |
| 2026-02-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Hubs - oil and/or Grease Leaking from hub - outer wheel | OOS |
| 2026-02-02 | Vehicle Maintenance | Brake Out of Adjustment - Roto Clamp (Short & Long) DD-3 or Bolt | — |
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.
2026-06-10 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDL standards 383 | 23A2-LCDLN | OOS | — |
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLIRP | — | — |
2026-06-05 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 9A2-C | OOS | — |
2026-06-01 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT1/32 | OOS | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
2026-05-27 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D-B | OOS | — |
2026-05-19 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLL | — | — |
2026-05-14 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43D | OOS | — |
2026-05-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
2026-05-12 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2026-05-08 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 130C-CHVE | OOS | — |
2026-05-08 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLLR | — | — |
2026-05-07 1 viol· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75A3-TAOL | OOS | — |
2026-05-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLS2 | — | — |
2026-05-07 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLTCD | — | — |
2026-04-29 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 78 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9H | — | — |
2026-04-29 3 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104B | OOS | — |
2026-04-13 2 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hours of service 395 | 3A1-HOSPD | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 3A2-HOSPD | — | — |
2026-04-11 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2RG | — | — |
2026-04-06 8 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75B-TFV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75B-TFV | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60D | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
| Hours of service 395 | 24 | — | — |
2026-04-06 5 viols
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EEUS | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LSLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LRLI | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LLPL | — | — |
2026-04-02 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2-SLLSR | — | — |
2026-03-31 2 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 2C | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 43 | OOS | — |
2026-03-30 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 9A-LFTSI | — | — |
2026-03-16 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 104F3-C | — | — |
2026-03-10 1 viol
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 205C | — | — |
2026-03-10 4 viols· 1 OOS
| Area (part) | Section | OOS | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unsafe driving 392 | 71A-D | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 60E | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 95A4-EENA | — | — |
| Vehicle parts & maintenance 393 | 130C-CHVE | OOS | — |
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