Carrier profile · USDOT 1221835 · MC-484072 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Light Way Transport Inc

95 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 18 statesAUSTIN, MB81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-484072 ACTIVE
Verified linkslightwaytransportinc.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 23.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 86 vehicle and 192 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.9% · 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 19.1 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

188 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 15

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 95-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
95
Inspections · 24 mo
192
Annualized
≈96 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

41%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
56%
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 Driving154 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.7 Unsafe operationVehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 28, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

3ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
4False logs
11Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 34 total · 5 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252112
20242002
20234104
20223013
20212002
20203013
20191001
20182022
20171001
20162012
20152002
20141001
20122002
20111001
20091001
20082002
20062012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 13, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 3, 2025NE11Yes
Oct 14, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 16, 2024SD00Yes
Sep 26, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 23, 2023WI00Yes
Oct 18, 2023ND10Yes
Jul 27, 2023MI00Yes
Jul 20, 2023ND00Yes
Nov 9, 2022MN01Yes
Apr 29, 2022AR00Yes
Jan 26, 2022ND00Yes
Feb 23, 2021ND00Yes
Feb 6, 2021MN00Yes
Nov 12, 2020MN05Yes
Sep 22, 2020ND00Yes
Sep 9, 2020OK00Yes
Feb 12, 2019ND00Yes
Jun 21, 2018PA01Yes
Mar 27, 2018KY01Yes
Oct 18, 2017ND00Yes
May 19, 2016KY00Yes
Feb 8, 2016ND01Yes
Dec 14, 2015MN00Yes
Mar 4, 2015ND00Yes