Carrier profile · USDOT 10695 · MC-138858 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Charles M Shirk Trucking Inc

17 power unitsavg 9.1 yrRegional · 4 statesTERRE HILL, PA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-138858 ACTIVE
Verified linksshirktrucking.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 33.3%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 — 9 vehicle and 20 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 21.3 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

19 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 3

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 17-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
17
Inspections · 24 mo
20
Annualized
≈10 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

50%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 43 total · 2 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20201001
20181001
20171011
20153013
20142012
20134004
20121001
20111001
20101001
20091001
20082002
20061001
20051001
20042011
20032002
20022011
20015044
19993023
19982011
19952012
19923031
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 15, 2025PA01Yes
Nov 21, 2025PA00Yes
Sep 10, 2020MD00Yes
Oct 11, 2018PA00Yes
Sep 20, 2017PA02Yes
Sep 14, 2015PA02Yes
Aug 24, 2015MD00Yes
May 20, 2015PA00Yes
Nov 4, 2014MD01Yes
Oct 27, 2014MD00Yes
Sep 9, 2013PA00Yes
Aug 20, 2013PA00Yes
Aug 6, 2013PA00Yes
Jan 29, 2013PA00Yes
May 29, 2012NJ00Yes
Nov 22, 2011NJ00Yes
Dec 6, 2010PA00Yes
Jun 19, 2009NJ00Yes
Dec 10, 2008PA00Yes
Oct 15, 2008PA00Yes
Jun 27, 2006PA00Yes
Jun 30, 2005PA00Yes
Oct 15, 2004PA00Yes
Jul 2, 2004PA01No
Jun 4, 2003PA00Yes