Carrier profile · USDOT 65762 · MC-133119 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

Heyl Truck Lines Inc

490 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 41 statesSIOUX FALLS, SD88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-133119 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 14.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 342 vehicle and 825 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.1% · 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 3.4 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

808 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 40

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 490-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
490
Inspections · 24 mo
825
Annualized
≈413 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
24%
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 Driving227 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance65 · 61 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance38 · 9 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 10 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance12 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

72 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
2False logs
12Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 437 total · 24 in 24 mo

437
Total crashes
24
In last 24 mo
11
Fatal
161
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
2025140514
2024220921
2023191818
2022120512
2021200920
2020150414
2019200620
2018170117
2017130113
2016190917
2015240823
2014170516
20138037
2012111611
201111269
2010191619
2009100310
200810059
2007140414
2006150714
2005151914
2004170914
2003181616
2002171613
2001110211
20008147
19996026
19984013
19975034
19967036
19954124
19943113
19932011
19923012
19912001
19901011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 8, 2026FL00Yes
Apr 2, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 6, 2026SD00Yes
Jan 4, 2026FL00Yes
Dec 9, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 12, 2025IA00Yes
Sep 26, 2025FL00Yes
Sep 12, 2025MI01Yes
Aug 19, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 2, 2025NJ01Yes
Jun 13, 2025SD00Yes
Jun 10, 2025FL00Yes
Apr 9, 2025MS01Yes
Apr 8, 2025PA00Yes
Feb 13, 2025FL00Yes
Jan 24, 2025TX01Yes
Jan 22, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 14, 2025MI00Yes
Nov 1, 2024LA00Yes
Oct 23, 2024FL01Yes
Oct 8, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 5, 2024FL02Yes
Sep 25, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 6, 2024IA01Yes
Aug 8, 2024VA00Yes