Carrier profile · USDOT 541564 · MC-269507 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Shark Trucking Inc

126 power unitsavg 10.6 yrMulti-region · 9 statesHOUSTON, TX81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-269507 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linkssharktrucking.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 33.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 194 vehicle and 231 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.9% · 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 10.5 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

229 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 26

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 126-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
126
Inspections · 24 mo
233
Annualized
≈117 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

39%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
22%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
84%
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 Maintenance101 · 15 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance46 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance34 · 10 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 15 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance28 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 89 total · 9 in 24 mo

89
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
40
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263033
20256034
20244013
20232002
20224023
20212012
20202002
20191011
20182002
20173013
20162002
20151001
20144014
20139038
20123012
20113023
20103023
20092012
20083013
20073003
20063012
20055135
20044124
20031001
20023033
20011010
20001101
19983013
19974044
19961011
19951011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026TX01Yes
May 16, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 26, 2026TX01Yes
Oct 9, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 5, 2025OK00Yes
Jul 10, 2025TX01No
May 9, 2025TX01Yes
Apr 29, 2025TX03No
Mar 26, 2025OK00Yes
Jul 17, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 15, 2024TX00Yes
Jul 12, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 25, 2024LA01No
Aug 20, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 18, 2023TX00Yes
Jul 21, 2022TX01No
May 12, 2022OK00Yes
May 12, 2022OK00Yes
Apr 5, 2022OK01Yes
Dec 13, 2021OK00Yes
Jun 9, 2021TX02Yes
May 5, 2020TX00Yes
Feb 12, 2020OK00Yes
Jun 3, 2019PA01Yes
Oct 25, 2018TX00Yes