Carrier profile · USDOT 1548300 · MC-575302 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LYNX INC

DBA LYNX TRANSPORTATION INC

16 power unitsavg 4.4 yrNational · 20 statesWATERLOO, IA80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-575302 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 41.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 38 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 43.3 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

37 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 16-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
38
Annualized
≈19 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

3 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 20 total · 2 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20231010
20222012
20213003
20202012
20192002
20171001
20131001
20124014
20101011
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 10, 2025MS02Yes
Jul 10, 2025CO00Yes
Aug 3, 2023MI02No
Jun 8, 2022TX00Yes
Mar 3, 2022IA01Yes
Sep 30, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 10, 2021KS00Yes
Apr 4, 2021MO00Yes
Dec 24, 2020OH00Yes
Sep 29, 2020PA01Yes
Feb 7, 2019IL00Yes
Feb 5, 2019WI00Yes
Mar 3, 2017OH00Yes
Feb 22, 2013WI00Yes
Nov 29, 2012KS02Yes
Sep 26, 2012IA00Yes
Apr 30, 2012IA00Yes
Feb 24, 2012IA00Yes
Aug 17, 2010IA01Yes
Feb 18, 2009TX00Yes