Knight Trucking 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
37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 4
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
- 34
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 38
- Annualized
- ≈19 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈0.6 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.
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
- 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
- 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
- 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
12 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 4, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.
Crash history· 60 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2003 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 24, 2026 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 17, 2026 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 25, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 12, 2025 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 22, 2024 | TX | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Oct 27, 2023 | KS | 2 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 19, 2023 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 20, 2023 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Oct 7, 2022 | MO | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 24, 2021 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Jul 2, 2020 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 29, 2020 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 25, 2018 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 22, 2018 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 10, 2017 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2017 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 29, 2017 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 1, 2016 | OK | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 28, 2015 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 28, 2014 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 1, 2014 | KS | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Feb 4, 2014 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 3, 2012 | MO | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Dec 8, 2011 | KS | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 6, 2011 | OK | 0 | 0 | Yes |