Carrier profile · USDOT 1895894 · MC-681898 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LIGHTNING LOGISTICS LLC

15 power unitsavg 10.1 yrRegional · 4 statesHOUSTON, TX80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-681898 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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 28 vehicle and 28 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 8.0 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

28 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 4

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
15
Inspections · 24 mo
28
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 0 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20223003
20214014
20204014
20193013
20185005
20165045
20151011
20145005
20133003
20122012
20112012
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 18, 2023TX01Yes
Jun 23, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 13, 2022TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 25, 2021TX01Yes
Jul 27, 2021TX00Yes
May 21, 2021TX00Yes
Apr 30, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 26, 2020TX00Yes
Sep 8, 2020TX00Yes
Aug 3, 2020OK00Yes
Feb 10, 2020TX03Yes
Aug 19, 2019TX01Yes
Jul 2, 2019LA00Yes
May 20, 2019TX00Yes
Dec 12, 2018WY00Yes
Aug 29, 2018TX00Yes
Apr 12, 2018TX00Yes
Mar 10, 2018TX00Yes
Jan 16, 2018TX00Yes
Dec 10, 2016OH01Yes
Oct 28, 2016AR00Yes
Jul 15, 2016TX01Yes
May 17, 2016TX01Yes
Apr 15, 2016OK01Yes