Carrier profile · USDOT 2519126 · MC-885234 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Lightning Transport and Logistics LLC

DBA LTL

150 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 38 statesTAMPA, FL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-885234 ACTIVE
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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 28.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 158 vehicle and 325 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 6.7 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

310 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 32

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 150-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
150
Inspections · 24 mo
325
Annualized
≈163 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
63%
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 Driving158 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance64 · 41 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 16 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance34 · 6 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance25 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance18 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 10 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

97 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 14, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

41ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
24False logs
8Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 50 total · 9 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20256016
20249039
20234004
20229228
2021111611
20204004
20193113
20181001
20171001
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2026WY00Yes
Jun 10, 2025FL00Yes
May 17, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 24, 2025OK00Yes
Apr 8, 2025NJ01Yes
Mar 7, 2025GA00Yes
Jan 3, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 1, 2024AZ00Yes
Sep 6, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 8, 2024NC00Yes
Jul 16, 2024FL01Yes
Jul 13, 2024UT00Yes
Jul 7, 2024NJ02Yes
Mar 20, 2024MD02Yes
Mar 3, 2024WY00Yes
Jan 17, 2024WY00Yes
Dec 2, 2023WY00Yes
Nov 25, 2023NM00Yes
Nov 10, 2023NJ00Yes
Sep 8, 2023MO00Yes
Dec 14, 2022AZ11Yes
Nov 19, 2022MO00Yes
Oct 20, 2022NJ10Yes
Sep 29, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 10, 2022SD00Yes