Carrier profile · USDOT 273818 · MC-188102 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Covenant Transport LLC

DBA COVENANT LOGISTICS

816 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 47 statesCHATTANOOGA, TN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-188102 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkscovenanttransport.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 23.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1,834 vehicle and 2,896 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.3% · 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 2.3 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

2,782 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 165

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
816
Inspections · 24 mo
2,899
Annualized
≈1,450 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving1,221 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance605 · 537 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance246 · 83 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance166 · 72 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance142 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance124 · 42 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance112 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance95 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance57 · 10 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance56 · 21 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

325 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

231ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
23False logs
27Drove over hours

Trending worse — 58% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 4,904 total · 153 in 24 mo

4,904
Total crashes
153
In last 24 mo
146
Fatal
1,908
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263201432
20258933083
20248022478
20238652284
20228002078
20219612991
202010003496
2019119434114
2018130235123
2017135239133
2016144850140
2015131436129
2014129148125
2013123648116
2012108238105
2011125148118
2010126241123
2009146358129
2008177556169
2007177670159
2006221891201
20052261087209
20042316104216
200332910145307
20022749121251
20012656107242
20002221082207
1999185986169
1998155573143
1997160286153
1996111461105
19956953962
19945121946
19932801625
19922921221
199111034
19904123
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 30, 2026PA02Yes
Jun 6, 2026CT00Yes
Jun 2, 2026TN03Yes
Apr 27, 2026WY00Yes
Apr 24, 2026CA01Yes
Apr 24, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 17, 2026IN02Yes
Apr 9, 2026TN00Yes
Apr 9, 2026NV00Yes
Apr 7, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 5, 2026WY02Yes
Mar 31, 2026IA00Yes
Mar 29, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 21, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 21, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 16, 2026CO00Yes
Mar 14, 2026MT00Yes
Mar 4, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 18, 2026NM00Yes
Feb 16, 2026KY01Yes
Feb 11, 2026IN01Yes
Feb 9, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 5, 2026IA00Yes
Jan 31, 2026AZ00Yes
Jan 30, 2026CO00Yes