Carrier profile · USDOT 527990 · MC-265154 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Booker Transportation Services Inc

DBA BOOKER TRANS

86 power unitsavg 13.6 yrNational · 21 statesAMARILLO, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-265154 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksbookertrans.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 18.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 164 vehicle and 245 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.9% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

235 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 15

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 86-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
86
Inspections · 24 mo
245
Annualized
≈123 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

34%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Maintenance104 · 18 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving60 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 10 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 15 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance27 · 12 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

37 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
9False logs
8Drove over hours

7 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 245 total · 9 in 24 mo

245
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
88
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20254014
20245045
20239029
2022101310
20216055
20209039
2019100310
2018110411
20178038
2016120510
2015110210
20144014
20135025
20123102
20115015
20108128
20098038
20083013
2007110311
20067047
20054004
20045005
20039028
20027136
20018047
200010359
19998028
1998140513
19976135
19968037
19959068
19945025
19931001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 25, 2026TX02Yes
Jan 24, 2026IL00Yes
Sep 25, 2025TX01Yes
Jul 31, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 23, 2025TX00Yes
Feb 17, 2025OK00Yes
Dec 19, 2024MS01Yes
Oct 2, 2024TX01Yes
Oct 2, 2024MO01Yes
Jul 3, 2024OK02Yes
Jan 4, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 19, 2023TX00Yes
Dec 9, 2023OK00Yes
Nov 18, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2023TX00Yes
Oct 4, 2023IA00Yes
Mar 18, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 2, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2023TX01Yes
Jan 30, 2023OK01Yes
Oct 10, 2022OK00Yes
Oct 2, 2022TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2022KS00Yes
Aug 16, 2022TX01Yes
Jul 12, 2022WA00Yes