Carrier profile · USDOT 176279 · MC-154643 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Klink Trucking LLC

118 power unitsavg 10.8 yrRegional · 5 statesASHLEY, IN87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-154643 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksklinktrucking.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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 48 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 13.5 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

48 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 5

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 118-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
118
Inspections · 24 mo
48
Annualized
≈24 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
53%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
37%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 99 total · 7 in 24 mo

99
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252002
20245015
20234004
20225005
20217027
20204013
20197027
20181001
20172012
20162002
20154014
20148048
20131011
20121001
20091011
20084014
20073003
20065005
20056046
20044004
20033003
20022002
20012012
19991001
19987055
19973033
19962002
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 30, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 3, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 23, 2025IN00Yes
May 19, 2025IN00Yes
Dec 9, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 27, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 18, 2024IN01Yes
Mar 18, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 17, 2024OH00Yes
Nov 21, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 17, 2023IN00Yes
Jul 11, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 8, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 18, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 13, 2022IN00Yes
Oct 7, 2022IN00Yes
Sep 15, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 9, 2022MI00Yes
Oct 29, 2021IL00Yes
Oct 21, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 8, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 16, 2021IN00Yes
Aug 12, 2021IN01Yes
Aug 9, 2021IN01Yes
Jun 22, 2021IN00Yes