Carrier profile · USDOT 1341562 · MC-517099 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Blue Lightning Transportation Solutions Inc

DBA BLUE LIGHTNING LOGISTICS

30 power unitsavg 6.4 yrMulti-region · 12 statesFORT WORTH, TX81/100
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 115 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 5.7 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

114 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 8

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
30
Inspections · 24 mo
115
Annualized
≈58 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 3 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 42 total · 6 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255025
20242012
20224004
20214004
20204014
20192002
20182002
20171001
20166116
20152002
20142002
20132002
20121001
20112002
20101011
20091101
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 22, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 4, 2025CA01Yes
Sep 4, 2025CA01Yes
Jul 9, 2025TX00Yes
May 26, 2025FL00Yes
Aug 12, 2024AZ00Yes
Jun 23, 2024NV02Yes
Jul 3, 2022AZ00Yes
Jun 8, 2022AZ00Yes
Apr 21, 2022AR00Yes
Jan 18, 2022AZ00Yes
Nov 23, 2021LA00Yes
Sep 28, 2021TX00Yes
May 14, 2021CA00Yes
May 11, 2021CA00Yes
Jun 29, 2020TX00Yes
May 17, 2020TX00Yes
May 3, 2020OK00Yes
Jan 12, 2020TX01Yes
Oct 29, 2019NC00Yes
Jan 13, 2019KS00Yes
Aug 17, 2018OH00Yes
Jul 30, 2018CA00Yes
Jan 24, 2017NM00Yes
Dec 17, 2016NM00Yes