Carrier profile · USDOT 2145540 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

King Asphalt Inc

397 power unitsavg 7.9 yrLocal · 2 statesLIBERTY, SC81/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWNHAZMAT
Verified linkskingasphaltinc.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 22.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 140 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

8.3% · 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 15.3 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

135 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 13

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 397-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
397
Inspections · 24 mo
140
Annualized
≈70 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
25%
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 Driving38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness8 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 177.801 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 383.71 Commercial Driver's License (CDL)Driver Fitness4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 217 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 21 total · 6 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253003
20244044
20234113
20225025
20191010
20181001
20161011
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 9, 2026SC00Yes
Oct 13, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 21, 2025SC00Yes
Mar 13, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 22, 2024SC02Yes
Aug 13, 2024SC01Yes
Jul 19, 2024SC01Yes
Jun 4, 2024NC01Yes
Nov 15, 2023SC10No
Aug 24, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 25, 2023SC00Yes
Jan 24, 2023SC01Yes
Dec 1, 2022SC01Yes
Nov 29, 2022SC00Yes
Nov 7, 2022SC00Yes
Oct 17, 2022SC02Yes
Aug 16, 2022SC00Yes
Feb 13, 2019SC02No
Oct 5, 2018SC00Yes
Mar 25, 2016SC01Yes
Jul 20, 2011SC00Yes