Carrier profile · USDOT 1844418 · MC-735240 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Black Ice Transport LLC

36 power unitsavg 14.4 yrNational · 21 statesCROSBY, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-735240 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksblackicetrans.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 32.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 96 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 19.5 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

131 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 11

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
36
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance62 · 12 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance31 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 12 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 16 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 31, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
3False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 48 total · 4 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20252002
20243103
20232002
20223013
20215005
20206006
20194014
20185015
20172002
20162012
20153013
20141010
20132002
20124214
20113012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 13, 2026TX03Yes
Dec 7, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 22, 2024KS10Yes
Apr 24, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 11, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 7, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2022AR00Yes
Jul 22, 2022MS00Yes
Jun 21, 2022FL01Yes
Nov 30, 2021TX00Yes
Nov 12, 2021TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2021NM00Yes
Jun 21, 2021LA00Yes
Mar 9, 2021OK00Yes
Dec 8, 2020AL00Yes
Oct 28, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 30, 2020LA00Yes
Mar 11, 2020TX00Yes
Mar 5, 2020TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2020TX00Yes
Nov 26, 2019WY00Yes
Sep 25, 2019LA00Yes
Aug 21, 2019TX01Yes