Carrier profile · USDOT 3040394 · MC-55308 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SILVER LOGISTICS LLC

72 power unitsavg 10.9 yrRegional · 6 statesMIDLAND, TX68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-55308 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
Verified linkssilverlogllc.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 40.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 33.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

73 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 9

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 72-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
84
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

32%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
100%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
94%
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 Driving78 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance61 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance41 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance36 · 15 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 21 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance33 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness21 · 10 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

11 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.

4ELD device issues
9No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 12 total · 3 in 24 mo

12
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20243022
20231011
20224033
20212002
20201011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026LA00Yes
Dec 3, 2024LA01Yes
Nov 16, 2024LA00Yes
Jul 17, 2024TX01No
Jan 4, 2023LA01Yes
Dec 6, 2022TX01No
Sep 30, 2022TX00Yes
Jul 2, 2022TX01Yes
Apr 25, 2022LA01Yes
Oct 27, 2021NM00Yes
Aug 13, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 14, 2020TX01Yes