Carrier profile · USDOT 2457984 · MC-848965 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Bright Sky Transport LLC

86 power unitsavg 7.7 yrMulti-region · 13 statesROMULUS, MI74/100
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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 34.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 174 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.7 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

169 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 17

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
≈1.0 / 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
174
Annualized
≈87 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
51%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 17 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance21 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

33 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 6, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
14Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 55 total · 14 in 24 mo

55
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
20256035
20244014
20235115
20223003
20213003
20206046
20196006
20186026
20172002
20165014
20151001
20142002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 2, 2026MI00Yes
May 12, 2026OH00Yes
May 7, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 2, 2026OH01Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 31, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 11, 2025MI01No
Aug 20, 2025MI01Yes
Jun 17, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 3, 2025TN01Yes
Feb 16, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 5, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 20, 2024MI01Yes
Jun 3, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 14, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 29, 2023OH00Yes
Aug 23, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 21, 2023MI00Yes
Aug 9, 2023OH00Yes
Jan 3, 2023AR11Yes
Dec 10, 2022TX00Yes
Jun 21, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 13, 2022AR00Yes
Dec 16, 2021MO00Yes