Carrier profile · USDOT 530523 · MC-266235 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Wilkes Trucking LLC

15 power unitsavg 9.1 yrRegional · 5 statesSCRANTON, SC86/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-266235 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 42.9%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 — 7 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 50.0 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 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

≈0.9 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 15-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 15
Inspections · 24 mo: 27
Annualized: ≈14 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

44%

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 Driving17 · 0 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 33 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 11 total · 0 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2020	1	0	0	1
2019	3	0	1	3
2016	1	1	1	1
2014	2	0	1	2
2013	1	0	1	1
2012	1	0	1	1
2010	1	0	1	1
2009	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
May 29, 2020	SC	0	0	Yes
Oct 11, 2019	SC	0	0	Yes
May 28, 2019	SC	0	0	Yes
Jan 28, 2019	NC	0	2	Yes
Jan 14, 2016	SC	1	1	Yes
Nov 21, 2014	GA	0	0	Yes
May 7, 2014	AL	0	1	Yes
Jan 24, 2013	SC	0	1	Yes
May 11, 2012	GA	0	1	Yes
May 17, 2010	GA	0	1	Yes
Jan 8, 2009	SC	0	0	Yes