Carrier profile · USDOT 428823 · MC-227271 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Knight Transportation Inc

3,200 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 46 statesPHOENIX, AZ88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-227271 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 18.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4,192 vehicle and 6,644 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.1% · 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 3.5 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

6,423 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 338

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 3,200-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
3,200
Inspections · 24 mo
6,655
Annualized
≈3,328 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
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 Driving2,086 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance802 · 306 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance760 · 677 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance625 · 205 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance410 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance340 · 112 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance273 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance267 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance252 · 38 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance212 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1,295 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

707ELD device issues
53No log / no ELD
138False logs
268Drove over hours

Trending worse — 65% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 3,698 total · 189 in 24 mo

3,698
Total crashes
189
In last 24 mo
102
Fatal
1,240
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266031859
20259033087
20249432789
20238332776
20229942797
2021140141135
2020161350151
2019143546138
2018172441166
2017151148146
2016182158176
2015174749169
2014157343153
2013144454137
2012151151143
2011141555136
2010150449143
2009147447141
2008171550161
20071811066170
2006181376173
2005173764160
2004146663129
200310535595
20028022977
20015421451
2000420741
19992521024
19982921427
19972301123
1996211920
19957027
199411087
19931001
19925001
19914011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 24, 2026OK01Yes
Jul 15, 2026KY00Yes
Jul 14, 2026MN02Yes
Jul 8, 2026PA00Yes
Jul 5, 2026AZ10Yes
Jul 4, 2026UT02Yes
Jun 23, 2026CT00Yes
Jun 22, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 20, 2026WY00Yes
Jun 14, 2026PA01Yes
Jun 7, 2026CA00Yes
Jun 7, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 4, 2026NC00Yes
Jun 1, 2026VA00Yes
May 27, 2026AL01Yes
May 21, 2026MO01Yes
May 21, 2026AL00Yes
May 12, 2026CA00Yes
May 5, 2026TX01Yes
May 5, 2026CA00Yes
May 4, 2026CO00Yes
May 3, 2026AR01Yes
Apr 26, 2026AL01Yes
Apr 26, 2026CO01Yes
Apr 26, 2026FL02No