Carrier profile · USDOT 357367 · MC-230877 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CHIP'S INC

DBA CHIP'S TRANSPORT

21 power unitsavg 11.6 yrRegional · 3 statesHUNTINGTOWN, MD88/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-230877 ACTIVE

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 15.8%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 — 19 vehicle and 22 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · 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 5.9 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

21 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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

≈0.5 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 21-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 21
Inspections · 24 mo: 22
Annualized: ≈11 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

16%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

19%

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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Apr 26, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

0No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 15 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2025	1	0	0	1
2023	2	0	1	2
2022	1	0	1	1
2021	2	0	1	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	1	0	0	1
2011	1	0	1	1
2007	3	1	3	3
2001	1	0	0	1
1998	1	0	0	1
1995	1	0	1	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Oct 2, 2025	MD	0	0	Yes
Dec 2, 2023	MD	0	3	Yes
Nov 7, 2023	DE	0	0	Yes
Apr 15, 2022	MD	0	1	Yes
Dec 7, 2021	MD	0	2	No
May 18, 2021	MD	0	0	Yes
Oct 26, 2020	MD	0	0	Yes
Oct 10, 2019	MD	0	0	Yes
Aug 18, 2011	MD	0	1	Yes
Jul 9, 2007	MD	1	1	Yes
Apr 6, 2007	MD	0	1	Yes
Mar 29, 2007	MD	0	3	Yes
Apr 6, 2001	MD	0	0	Yes
Oct 24, 1998	MD	0	0	Yes
Nov 7, 1995	MD	0	1	Yes