Carrier profile · USDOT 2147715 · MC-799201 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Skylink Transportation Inc

80 power unitsavg 5.9 yrRegional · 5 statesSACRAMENTO, CA94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-799201 ACTIVE
Verified linksskylinktrans.netFMCSA 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 17.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 381 vehicle and 482 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.6% · 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

470 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 35

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
≈3.0 / 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
80
Inspections · 24 mo
482
Annualized
≈241 / yr
Coverage
≈3.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
50%
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 Driving144 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance61 · 15 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance57 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance55 · 10 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance36 · 25 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance19 · 9 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 7 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263033
20252012
20244004
20231011
20223003
20213013
20201001
20193003
20183003
20162002
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 12, 2026CA01Yes
Feb 7, 2026CA01Yes
Jan 10, 2026CA01Yes
Dec 16, 2025CA01Yes
May 17, 2025CA00Yes
Nov 21, 2024OR00Yes
Sep 4, 2024CA00Yes
Jun 7, 2024OR00Yes
May 25, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 10, 2023AZ01Yes
Jul 5, 2022OR00Yes
Jun 24, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 21, 2022CA00Yes
Jun 14, 2021CA00Yes
Feb 15, 2021CA01Yes
Jan 25, 2021AZ00Yes
Oct 10, 2020CA00Yes
Oct 22, 2019CA00Yes
Jul 18, 2019TX00Yes
May 11, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 13, 2018WA00Yes
Apr 24, 2018CA00Yes
Apr 13, 2018AZ00Yes
Aug 14, 2016AZ00Yes
Jan 27, 2016CA00Yes