Carrier profile · USDOT 2202839 · MC-764388 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Skyward Transportation LLC

7 power unitsavg 12 yrLocal · 1 statesFARMERS BRANCH, TX68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-764388 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksskywardtransportation.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 73.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 40.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 15 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

76.9% · 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 53.2 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

14 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

12%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
99%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
99%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance30 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness6 · 4 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 9, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 13 total · 1 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20242012
20234023
20224014
20211001
20191001
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 23, 2024TX00Yes
Feb 10, 2024TX02Yes
Dec 19, 2023TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2023TX03No
May 17, 2023TX00Yes
May 10, 2023TX02Yes
Nov 13, 2022TX00Yes
Nov 6, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 5, 2022TX01Yes
Feb 3, 2022TX00Yes
Feb 18, 2021TX00Yes
Aug 19, 2019TX00Yes
Apr 29, 2012CO00Yes