Carrier profile · USDOT 2874679 · MC-964452 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Silk Road Trans Inc

52 power unitsavg 3.8 yrNational · 27 statesJAMISON, PA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-964452 ACTIVE
Verified linkssilkroadtransinc.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 32.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 84 vehicle and 179 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · 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 19.8 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

173 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 14

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
52
Inspections · 24 mo
179
Annualized
≈90 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

60%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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 Driving92 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 9 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 14 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 5 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
7False logs
2Drove over hours

5 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 33 total · 7 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20254004
20241001
20232002
20226015
20215025
20203003
20195015
20184023
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 3, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 18, 2026PA01Yes
Nov 19, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 25, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 2, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 19, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 7, 2024OH00Yes
Oct 12, 2023WI00Yes
Sep 18, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 30, 2022MO00Yes
Aug 16, 2022IN00Yes
May 26, 2022PA00Yes
Apr 14, 2022VA01No
Feb 22, 2022WI00Yes
Jan 13, 2022WI00Yes
Dec 28, 2021NY00Yes
Oct 25, 2021IA00Yes
Oct 13, 2021IL00Yes
Jun 26, 2021NY01Yes
May 4, 2021PA01Yes
Jul 8, 2020WY00Yes
Jun 24, 2020PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2020OH00Yes
Dec 4, 2019DE00Yes
Oct 23, 2019AZ00Yes