Carrier profile · USDOT 897989 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CUSTOM LIGHTING SERVICES LLC

DBA BLACK & MCDONALD

365 power unitsavg 5.8 yrRegional · 5 statesKANSAS CITY, MO94/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
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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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 54 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

52 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Mar '25 · 4

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 365-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
365
Inspections · 24 mo
54
Annualized
≈27 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

11%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
78%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 8 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness3 · 1 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Dec 10, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 56 total · 12 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265005
20254013
20249019
20235005
20224022
20213003
20201001
20182002
20173003
20164004
20152002
20131011
20112002
20104032
20081001
20072021
20062002
20052022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026UT00Yes
May 13, 2026UT00Yes
Apr 16, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 14, 2026MO00Yes
Mar 12, 2026MO00Yes
Aug 7, 2025MO01No
May 13, 2025MO00Yes
Mar 29, 2025MO00Yes
Mar 24, 2025KS00Yes
Nov 19, 2024OR00Yes
Nov 12, 2024KS00Yes
Nov 12, 2024KS00Yes
May 6, 2024MO00Yes
May 3, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 10, 2024KS01Yes
Mar 7, 2024CA00Yes
Feb 29, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 13, 2024OR00Yes
Oct 20, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 3, 2023MO00Yes
Aug 16, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 14, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 13, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 14, 2022MO01No
Aug 25, 2022MO01No