Carrier profile · USDOT 816137 · MC-101583 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Zilka & Co LLC

DBA ZILKA & CO

19 power unitsavg 3.9 yrRegional · 6 statesHUNKER, PA88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-101583 ACTIVE
Verified linkszilkaandcompany.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 5.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 56 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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 12.7 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

56 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 7

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 19-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
19
Inspections · 24 mo
56
Annualized
≈28 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

46%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
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 Driving29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

8 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 24 total · 4 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20251011
20242002
20232021
20222002
20212002
20203032
20181011
20171001
20163113
20153023
20141011
20101001
20021010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026NJ03Yes
Nov 10, 2025PA02Yes
Dec 26, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 27, 2024PA00Yes
Sep 29, 2023NJ01No
Apr 10, 2023PA01Yes
Dec 13, 2022PA00Yes
Nov 21, 2022PA00Yes
Dec 6, 2021PA00Yes
Mar 18, 2021PA00Yes
Sep 21, 2020PA01Yes
May 28, 2020NJ04Yes
Feb 27, 2020NJ01No
Feb 28, 2018PA01Yes
Aug 7, 2017CT00Yes
Jul 14, 2016PA00Yes
Mar 31, 2016PA10Yes
Feb 9, 2016PA01Yes
Oct 12, 2015PA00Yes
May 29, 2015NJ01Yes
Jan 6, 2015PA01Yes
Sep 23, 2014PA01Yes
Aug 18, 2010DE00Yes
May 2, 2002PA01No