Carrier profile · USDOT 311340 · MC-197891 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Calkins Transportation Inc

4 power unitsavg 6.8 yrRegional · 7 statesSTREATOR, IL82/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-197891 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 12 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

12 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 2

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

≈1.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 4-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 4
Inspections · 24 mo: 12
Annualized: ≈6 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

61%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

47%

Hours-of-Service

Vektor peer est.

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

35%

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 Driving4 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.282 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

2False logs

0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 16 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	2	0	0	2
2019	1	0	0	1
2018	1	1	1	1
2013	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1	1
2004	2	0	1	2
1999	2	0	2	2
1998	1	0	1	0
1995	1	0	1	0
1994	1	0	1	1
1992	2	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Nov 16, 2020	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 14, 2020	TN	0	0	Yes
Jul 25, 2019	TN	0	0	Yes
Nov 12, 2018	IL	1	3	Yes
Jun 3, 2013	VA	0	0	Yes
Mar 24, 2011	AL	0	1	Yes
Jun 11, 2008	TX	0	1	Yes
Dec 3, 2004	PA	0	0	Yes
Aug 9, 2004	TX	0	1	Yes
Jul 27, 1999	MO	0	1	Yes
Mar 5, 1999	WI	0	4	Yes
Oct 13, 1998	OK	0	1	No
Aug 30, 1995	IL	0	1	No
Nov 10, 1994	OH	0	2	Yes
Nov 13, 1992	IL	0	1	No
Jul 24, 1992	IL	0	0	Yes