Carrier profile · USDOT 2975712 · MC-942910 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Viking Transportation Inc

174 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 39 statesGRIFFITH, IN80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-942910 ACTIVE
Verified linksvikingtrans.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 37.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 118 vehicle and 258 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.2% · 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 5.8 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

253 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 20

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 174-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
174
Inspections · 24 mo
258
Annualized
≈129 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
88%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
85%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
81%
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 Driving109 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance59 · 46 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance41 · 8 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance36 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 11 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

93 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

54ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
20False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% 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
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265005
20257007
20246025
20231001
20225025
20215033
20203013
20193023
20183033
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 29, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 19, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 17, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2026KY00Yes
Jan 27, 2026GA00Yes
Nov 18, 2025DE00Yes
Aug 5, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 13, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 20, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 20, 2025SC00Yes
Jun 4, 2025TX00Yes
May 1, 2025MD00Yes
Nov 6, 2024GA01Yes
Oct 29, 2024MS00Yes
Jul 2, 2024NC01No
May 28, 2024TN00Yes
Mar 28, 2024LA00Yes
Jan 12, 2024TX00Yes
May 20, 2023VA00Yes
Nov 7, 2022OH01Yes
Jul 16, 2022MO00Yes
Jun 20, 2022SC00Yes
Mar 9, 2022TX04Yes
Jan 12, 2022NC00Yes
Sep 29, 2021WI01Yes