CLARK TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC Safety Record

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· trailing 24 months vs national benchmark

Vehicle OOS 16.2% (24-mo)68 veh insp · 24-mo · nat'l 22.26%
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7% (24-mo)137 drv insp · 24-mo · nat'l 6.67%
030%nat'l 6.67%

OOS trajectory· trailing 6-mo vehicle-OOS rate vs national

6.3% now▼ Improving

Trailing rate down 3.5 pts across the window — latest under the 22.26% national benchmark.

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
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 82-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
82
Inspections · 24 mo
137
Annualized
69 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
25%
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 Driving44
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent 01/22/2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 28 total · 3 in 24 mo

28
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252112
20244034
20224014
20215015
20192012
20181010
20171001
20161011
20151101
20141011
20131010
20121001
20111001
20102022
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
11/07/2025KY00Yes
05/28/2025TN11Yes
08/27/2024AL01Yes
07/09/2024OH01Yes
02/19/2024IL00Yes
01/16/2024OH01Yes
12/29/2022IA00Yes
06/04/2022KY00Yes
03/24/2022IL01Yes
02/18/2022IN00Yes
08/03/2021TN00Yes
06/22/2021KY00Yes
03/07/2021IL00Yes
02/15/2021KY00Yes
02/01/2021IN02Yes
08/27/2019IN01Yes
05/24/2019KY00Yes
10/25/2018TN01No
02/24/2017OH00Yes
08/03/2016IN01Yes
02/18/2015KY10Yes
08/07/2014IL03Yes
01/31/2013OH01No
05/04/2012IN00Yes
01/28/2011TN00Yes