Carrier profile · USDOT 1070890 · MC-446371 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Givens Transportation Inc

DBA HIGHWAYS & SKYWAYS OF NC

166 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 25 statesCHESAPEAKE, VA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-446371 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksgivens.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 14.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 163 vehicle and 348 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.5% · 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 7.4 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

336 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 37

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 166-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
166
Inspections · 24 mo
348
Annualized
174 / yr
Coverage
1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving79 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance44 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance38 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 18 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 5 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

8 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 78 total · 13 in 24 mo

78
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20257027
20248038
20233013
20223013
20213013
20202002
20192012
20184014
20171011
20163013
20153023
20145115
20134024
20123033
20102011
20094024
20084004
20071001
20061011
20053012
20047026
20032012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 4, 2026WV00Yes
Jan 21, 2026VA01Yes
Jan 7, 2026DE00Yes
Nov 10, 2025VA00Yes
Sep 15, 2025NC04Yes
May 14, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 21, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 5, 2025NC04Yes
Feb 18, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 17, 2025NC00Yes
Dec 3, 2024NC01Yes
Oct 17, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 23, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 27, 2024VA00Yes
Jul 12, 2024VA01Yes
May 30, 2024MD00Yes
Feb 14, 2024NC02Yes
Jan 9, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 9, 2023OK01Yes
Oct 19, 2023NC00Yes
Aug 14, 2023VA00Yes
Dec 2, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 5, 2022VA01Yes
Jun 27, 2022NC00Yes
Oct 18, 2021VA00Yes