Carrier profile · USDOT 2862476 · MC-959267 · Updated Aug 6, 2026

USA Silk Way Inc

355 power unitsavg 2.6 yrNational · 43 statesWARRENVILLE, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-959267 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksusasilkway.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 35.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 147 vehicle and 330 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.7% · 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 9.1 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

325 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 26

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 355-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
355
Inspections · 24 mo
330
Annualized
≈165 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
30%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving160 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance58 · 54 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 9 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 13, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 57% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 34 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
34
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026100310
2025210321
2024120511
20234014
20222022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 21, 2026AL00Yes
Jun 14, 2026TX01Yes
Jun 8, 2026CA00Yes
May 4, 2026NJ00Yes
Mar 13, 2026MA03Yes
Mar 1, 2026MA01Yes
Feb 28, 2026AL00Yes
Feb 5, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 2, 2026WI00Yes
Jan 27, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 22, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 8, 2025WI00Yes
Dec 8, 2025PA01Yes
Dec 2, 2025NJ00Yes
Nov 29, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 17, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 11, 2025NY00Yes
Oct 5, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 26, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 14, 2025FL01Yes
Aug 23, 2025OH00Yes
Jul 30, 2025VA00Yes
Jul 2, 2025LA00Yes
Jun 14, 2025VA00Yes
May 14, 2025PA00Yes