Carrier profile · USDOT 2356627 · MC-807263 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Elkins Truck Lines LLC

121 power unitsavg 7 yrLocal · 2 statesWASKOM, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-807263 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkselkinstl.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 31.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 131 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.0% · 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 8.8 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

129 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 16

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 121-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
121
Inspections · 24 mo
131
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Maintenance43 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 17 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving24 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 4, 2023. 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· 42 total · 19 in 24 mo

42
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268028
20257007
20245005
20233013
20225024
20214224
20205034
20192002
20171011
20152002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 6, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 29, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 23, 2026LA00Yes
Mar 14, 2026TX01Yes
Feb 24, 2026LA00Yes
Feb 10, 2026LA01Yes
Jan 22, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 3, 2026LA00Yes
Dec 26, 2025LA00Yes
Dec 8, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 22, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 13, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 7, 2025LA00Yes
May 18, 2025LA00Yes
Mar 9, 2025LA00Yes
Dec 10, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 11, 2024LA00Yes
Sep 20, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 17, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2024LA00Yes
Nov 17, 2023LA00Yes
Nov 14, 2023LA01Yes
Feb 19, 2023LA00Yes
Nov 1, 2022LA00Yes
Oct 14, 2022LA00Yes