Carrier profile · USDOT 2907429 · MC-978814 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Silk Way Transport Inc

67 power unitsavg 3.3 yrNational · 44 statesROCKFORD, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-978814 ACTIVE
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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 22.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 197 vehicle and 455 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.3% · 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 13.9 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

451 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 31

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
≈3.4 / 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
67
Inspections · 24 mo
455
Annualized
≈228 / yr
Coverage
≈3.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
79%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
58%
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 Driving152 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance48 · 39 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance46 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance38 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

88 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 9, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

42ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
32False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 29 total · 15 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
15
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268028
20253003
20248046
20234004
20222002
20212012
20191001
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 17, 2026MI00Yes
Jun 24, 2026WA00Yes
Apr 17, 2026IL01Yes
Apr 11, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 1, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 9, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 23, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 16, 2026WY01Yes
Sep 15, 2025CT00Yes
Jun 5, 2025GA00Yes
May 6, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 9, 2024CO01Yes
Nov 4, 2024MD01Yes
Oct 10, 2024UT00Yes
Aug 18, 2024OK00Yes
Jun 24, 2024CT00Yes
May 25, 2024TX01No
May 19, 2024TX00Yes
May 3, 2024TX01No
Nov 3, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 12, 2023WY00Yes
Jun 22, 2023IL00Yes
May 7, 2023MD00Yes
Sep 29, 2022IL00Yes
May 19, 2022CA00Yes