Carrier profile · USDOT 2495134 · MC-864386 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SKY High Carriers Inc

21 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 18 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-864386 ACTIVE
Verified linksskyhighcarrier.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 27.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 29 vehicle and 55 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.0% · 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 5.4 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

54 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 4

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 21-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
55
Annualized
≈28 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

69%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
5%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
45%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

12ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
7False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 1 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20231011
20223003
20212102
20201011
20193023
20182012
20172002
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 15, 2026IL01Yes
Nov 7, 2023CA01Yes
Nov 29, 2022AZ00Yes
Feb 2, 2022MO00Yes
Jan 26, 2022OK00Yes
Jul 26, 2021NM10Yes
Feb 16, 2021IL00Yes
Jun 27, 2020AZ01Yes
Sep 15, 2019VA02Yes
Aug 30, 2019CA01Yes
May 1, 2019OK00Yes
Dec 29, 2018NM06Yes
Feb 27, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 7, 2017CA00Yes
Feb 26, 2017AZ00Yes
Dec 29, 2016AR00Yes