Carrier profile · USDOT 3529566 · MC-1174556 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

SKB Transport Inc

57 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 43 statesSOUTH BARRINGTON, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1174556 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksskbtransportinc.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 25.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 59 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 6.2 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

139 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 10

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 57-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
57
Inspections · 24 mo
143
Annualized
≈72 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

78%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
74%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
68%
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 Driving87 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 19 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

49 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
17False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 11 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20258158
20246126
20234004
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 17, 2026TN01No
Dec 1, 2025IL01Yes
Nov 20, 2025TX01Yes
Oct 15, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 24, 2025FL00Yes
May 4, 2025AR10Yes
Feb 25, 2025MA01Yes
Jan 25, 2025PA03Yes
Jan 23, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 5, 2024VA01Yes
Sep 11, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 7, 2024KY00Yes
Feb 23, 2024MI01Yes
Feb 9, 2024OK10Yes
Jan 7, 2024NV00Yes
Oct 23, 2023WV00Yes
Jul 26, 2023TN00Yes
Jul 3, 2023MD00Yes
Mar 11, 2023KY00Yes