Knight Transport LLC
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
98 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 8
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 70
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 99
- Annualized
- ≈50 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving23 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 17 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
- 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
- 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
- 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 65 total · 5 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2008 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 4, 2025 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 12, 2025 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 23, 2025 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 3, 2025 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 15, 2025 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 18, 2024 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 8, 2023 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 25, 2023 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2023 | WY | 1 | 3 | Yes |
| Mar 18, 2023 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 11, 2022 | CA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 21, 2022 | OR | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 7, 2022 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 21, 2022 | OR | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Sep 30, 2021 | WA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Aug 18, 2021 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 12, 2021 | MT | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 10, 2020 | OR | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 3, 2020 | ID | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 25, 2019 | AL | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Aug 22, 2019 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Apr 11, 2019 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Nov 17, 2018 | MT | 0 | 3 | Yes |
| May 14, 2018 | WA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 9, 2018 | CO | 0 | 1 | Yes |