Carrier profile · USDOT 1969956 · MC-538146 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

DFW Linq Transport Inc

DBA LINQ TRANSPORT

18 power unitsavg 6.6 yrNational · 16 statesBEDFORD, TX88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-538146 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linkslinqtransport.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 10.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 92 vehicle and 108 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.7% · 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 14.9 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 10

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
≈3.0 / 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
18
Inspections · 24 mo
108
Annualized
≈54 / yr
Coverage
≈3.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
32%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
23%
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 Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 3 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20243123
20212012
20202011
20193003
20162012
20091011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 18, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 16, 2024TX00Yes
Oct 20, 2024TX12Yes
Feb 7, 2024TN01Yes
Aug 19, 2021TX01Yes
May 6, 2021OK00Yes
Jun 23, 2020TX01No
Jan 31, 2020TX00Yes
Dec 27, 2019TX00Yes
Aug 14, 2019OK00Yes
Apr 24, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 2, 2016TX01Yes
May 19, 2016TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2009AR01Yes