Carrier profile · USDOT 1460231 · MC-550436 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

QUEEN TRANSPORTATION LLC

89 power unitsavg 8.2 yrNational · 22 statesHICKORY, NC70/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-550436 INACTIVE
Verified linksqueentransportation.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 20.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 53 vehicle and 165 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · 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 12.6 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

160 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 16

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 89-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
89
Inspections · 24 mo
165
Annualized
≈83 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

64%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
33%
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 Driving62 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

57 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 10, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

31ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
6False logs
20Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 48 total · 3 in 24 mo

48
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253013
20236016
20221010
20214004
20197036
20183013
20175034
20165215
20153013
20131001
20125025
20102102
20091001
20081001
20061001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 27, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 26, 2025GA01Yes
Feb 20, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 17, 2023WV00Yes
Nov 21, 2023NC00Yes
Aug 10, 2023SC00Yes
Jul 24, 2023KY01Yes
Jul 12, 2023NC00Yes
Mar 22, 2023TN00Yes
Apr 21, 2022IL01No
Oct 19, 2021IN00Yes
Oct 10, 2021TN00Yes
Aug 16, 2021KY00Yes
Feb 16, 2021KY00Yes
Sep 26, 2019SC01Yes
Aug 9, 2019MD02Yes
Aug 8, 2019SC00Yes
Jul 3, 2019CO00Yes
Apr 8, 2019OH00Yes
Mar 10, 2019WV01No
Feb 4, 2019NC00Yes
Nov 2, 2018NC00Yes
Sep 17, 2018NC01Yes
Mar 8, 2018NC00Yes
Oct 15, 2017SC01Yes