Carrier profile · USDOT 3195397 · MC-1004561 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Covenant Trucking LLC

159 power unitsavg 9.3 yrRegional · 3 statesMIDLAND, TX74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1004561 ACTIVE
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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 41.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 202 vehicle and 210 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.9% · 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 21.4 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

209 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 29

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 159-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
159
Inspections · 24 mo
210
Annualized
≈105 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

16%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
94%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance274 · 40 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving133 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance115 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance79 · 12 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance70 · 20 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance63 · 38 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance40 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance35 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 8 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20255025
20247047
2023121810
20223113
20215005
20191011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 14, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 16, 2026TX01Yes
Nov 28, 2025NM00Yes
Oct 20, 2025TX00Yes
Oct 9, 2025TX02Yes
Feb 3, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 10, 2025TX01Yes
Dec 19, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2024TX01Yes
Jun 22, 2024TX00Yes
May 11, 2024TX01Yes
May 11, 2024TX01Yes
May 8, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 15, 2024TX01Yes
Dec 12, 2023TX01Yes
Nov 26, 2023TX01Yes
Oct 24, 2023TX02Yes
Sep 29, 2023TX01No
Sep 11, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 1, 2023TX11Yes
May 30, 2023TX01Yes
Apr 2, 2023TX00Yes
Mar 12, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 27, 2023TX00Yes
Feb 23, 2023TX00Yes