Carrier profile · USDOT 55815 · MC-135598 · Updated Jul 24, 2026

Sharkey Transportation Inc

298 power unitsavg 10.1 yrNational · 30 statesQUINCY, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-135598 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 34.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 185 vehicle and 470 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

39.0% · 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 3.2 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

453 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 35

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 298-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
298
Inspections · 24 mo
470
Annualized
≈235 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

35%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving194 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance97 · 40 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance46 · 11 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 35 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

72 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
8False logs
22Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 622 total · 22 in 24 mo

622
Total crashes
22
In last 24 mo
22
Fatal
246
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267027
20259139
2024150414
2023130313
2022131613
2021170517
20207027
2019182818
2018181518
2017141813
2016150715
2015171516
20142811126
20133001429
2012182617
2011182617
2010120312
2009191618
20082611225
20072501122
2006251524
2005161616
2004211918
2003251824
20021811017
2001202618
2000230920
1999190816
1998160513
19971801018
1996150812
1995151915
1994140512
199312058
199212069
199112086
19902021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026MO01Yes
May 1, 2026IA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026WV00Yes
Apr 14, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 11, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 10, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 27, 2026OH01Yes
Sep 29, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 17, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 28, 2025TN11Yes
Mar 25, 2025KS00Yes
Mar 5, 2025IA02Yes
Feb 6, 2025MN00Yes
Feb 3, 2025IL01Yes
Feb 2, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 18, 2024KS00Yes
Nov 19, 2024IA00Yes
Oct 29, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 12, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 5, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 3, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 26, 2024MO03Yes
Apr 3, 2024IL01No
Mar 25, 2024IN00Yes