Carrier profile · USDOT 230207 · MC-333324 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SHEPHERD TRANSPORTATION LLC

68 power unitsavg 6.6 yrRegional · 6 statesBLACKWELL, OK88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-333324 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksshepherdoil.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 1.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 113 vehicle and 123 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

4.2% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 7.4 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

122 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 17

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 68-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
68
Inspections · 24 mo
123
Annualized
≈62 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

22%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness3 · 3 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Sep 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 34 total · 4 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254014
20243013
20231011
20222002
20211011
20201011
20193003
20183013
20174014
20163013
20152012
20142012
20131101
20092012
20081001
19981011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 16, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 8, 2025OK01Yes
Mar 19, 2025KS00Yes
Mar 19, 2025KS00Yes
Jul 16, 2024KS00Yes
Apr 9, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 19, 2024KS01Yes
May 18, 2023OK01Yes
Jun 10, 2022MO00Yes
Jan 2, 2022KS00Yes
Apr 19, 2021OK01Yes
Feb 14, 2020OK01Yes
Jun 14, 2019OK00Yes
May 7, 2019KS00Yes
Apr 3, 2019OK00Yes
Sep 6, 2018OK00Yes
May 9, 2018MO00Yes
Jan 27, 2018OK01Yes
Oct 22, 2017OK00Yes
Oct 6, 2017OK00Yes
Feb 1, 2017OK00Yes
Jan 16, 2017OK01Yes
Jul 10, 2016OK00Yes
May 23, 2016OK01Yes
Jan 15, 2016OK00Yes