Carrier profile · USDOT 1754395 · MC-641916 · Updated Aug 2, 2026

U S Citylink Corporation

119 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 29 statesBAKERSFIELD, CA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-641916 ACTIVE
Verified linksuscitylink.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 20.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 336 vehicle and 598 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.6% · 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

592 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 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
≈2.5 / 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
119
Inspections · 24 mo
599
Annualized
≈300 / yr
Coverage
≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
81%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.02measure
SMS · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving139 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance53 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance37 · 9 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 22 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance30 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance26 · 14 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

174 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 12, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

111ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
37False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 39 total · 14 in 24 mo

39
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266036
20256035
20246126
20232012
20201001
20195125
20181001
20171101
20161001
20154014
20142022
20134034
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 12, 2026TN01Yes
Apr 4, 2026TX01Yes
Mar 10, 2026CA00Yes
Feb 20, 2026AZ01Yes
Feb 19, 2026NM00Yes
Feb 9, 2026LA00Yes
Jul 7, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 6, 2025NM01No
Jun 30, 2025OK00Yes
May 24, 2025LA01Yes
Mar 16, 2025CA01Yes
Feb 24, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 13, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 17, 2024TN00Yes
Aug 1, 2024TN00Yes
Jun 27, 2024TX02Yes
Jun 27, 2024TX12Yes
May 5, 2023FL00Yes
Apr 12, 2023AL01Yes
Aug 2, 2020NM00Yes
Dec 29, 2019AL00Yes
Aug 12, 2019MS10Yes
Jun 6, 2019OK01Yes
Mar 6, 2019AL01Yes