Carrier profile · USDOT 41216 · MC-111302 · Updated Jun 18, 2026

Highway Transport Chemical LLC

DBA HIGHWAY TRANSPORT

407 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 35 statesKNOXVILLE, TN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-111302 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkshytt.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 13.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 522 vehicle and 627 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.9% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 2.6 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

610 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 38

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 407-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
407
Inspections · 24 mo
627
Annualized
≈314 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving131 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance64 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance53 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 33 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther13 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

39ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
4False logs
8Drove over hours

19 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 426 total · 21 in 24 mo

426
Total crashes
21
In last 24 mo
14
Fatal
184
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20269129
20259039
2024140414
2023180817
2022161716
2021200820
20209048
2019130511
2018132413
2017170416
2016220622
2015111211
2014130613
2013111311
201210169
20116046
20109148
20091811217
2008130713
2007121311
20067017
2005110411
2004241923
2003140513
20028038
2001120610
20001311013
19991301011
19985144
1997120612
1996110810
1995101410
19946056
19937027
19928047
19902010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 12, 2026WV01Yes
Jun 18, 2026TX10Yes
Jun 6, 2026GA00Yes
May 16, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 12, 2026KY00Yes
Feb 10, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 4, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 27, 2026MS01Yes
Jan 6, 2026KY00Yes
Dec 18, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 27, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 24, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 23, 2025OH01Yes
Sep 7, 2025VA00Yes
Jun 23, 2025OH00Yes
Apr 1, 2025KY01Yes
Feb 22, 2025LA01Yes
Jan 1, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 26, 2024NJ01Yes
Sep 24, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 12, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 27, 2024TN00Yes
Jun 1, 2024TX00Yes
May 17, 2024TX03Yes
May 10, 2024TX01Yes