Carrier profile · USDOT 581964 · MC-218552 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Steve Hilker Trucking Inc

19 power unitsavg 7.8 yrRegional · 4 statesCIMARRON, KS100/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-218552 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 0.0%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 — 10 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '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.

Expected band

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈0.7 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 19-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.

Registered power units: 19
Inspections · 24 mo: 25
Annualized: ≈13 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

32%

Driver Fitness

Vektor peer est.

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

32%

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 Driving14 · 0 OOS
393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
172.600 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
383.23 Operating without a valid CDLDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Aug 2, 2023. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues

1No log / no ELD

0False logs

0Drove over hours

Crash history· 27 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2023	1	0	1	1
2022	1	1	0	1
2020	1	0	0	1
2017	1	0	0	1
2016	4	0	3	4
2010	1	0	0	1
2009	3	0	0	3
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	2	0	2	2
2005	3	0	3	2
2002	1	1	0	1
2001	4	0	3	4
1999	1	0	1	1
1997	1	0	1	0
1996	2	1	2	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Sep 19, 2023	KS	0	1	Yes
Jan 6, 2022	OK	1	0	Yes
Sep 30, 2020	OK	0	0	Yes
Oct 31, 2017	OK	0	0	Yes
Dec 5, 2016	KS	0	0	Yes
Oct 19, 2016	KS	0	1	Yes
Oct 19, 2016	KS	0	1	Yes
Jun 2, 2016	KS	0	1	Yes
Jul 28, 2010	TX	0	0	Yes
Oct 18, 2009	KS	0	0	Yes
Sep 25, 2009	KS	0	0	Yes
Feb 9, 2009	KS	0	0	Yes
Jul 1, 2008	KS	0	0	Yes
Jun 25, 2007	OK	0	1	Yes
Feb 24, 2007	KS	0	1	Yes
Jul 9, 2005	OK	0	1	No
May 16, 2005	KS	0	1	Yes
Feb 2, 2005	KS	0	1	Yes
Oct 28, 2002	KS	1	0	Yes
Nov 10, 2001	KS	0	1	Yes
Jul 12, 2001	KS	0	1	Yes
Apr 24, 2001	OK	0	0	Yes
Jan 20, 2001	CO	0	1	Yes
Sep 23, 1999	AL	0	1	Yes
Aug 16, 1997	KS	0	1	No