Carrier profile · USDOT 2210521 · MC-767058 · Updated Aug 30, 2026

Lightning Logistics Inc

250 power unitsavg 3 yrNational · 42 statesFORT MILL, SC87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-767058 ACTIVE
Verified linkslightninglog.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 25.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 125 vehicle and 295 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · 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

273 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 250-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
250
Inspections · 24 mo
295
Annualized
≈148 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

47%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
83%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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 Driving169 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 19 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 8 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness15 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

40ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
18False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 12 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20259029
20246016
20231001
20221011
20211011
20191001
20181001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 9, 2026AL00Yes
Jun 18, 2025ND00Yes
Jun 12, 2025AL02Yes
May 5, 2025NY00Yes
Apr 2, 2025CA00Yes
Mar 19, 2025MN01Yes
Mar 17, 2025OR00Yes
Feb 18, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 12, 2025NV00Yes
Feb 12, 2025NC00Yes
Oct 29, 2024MN00Yes
Sep 21, 2024NC00Yes
Aug 1, 2024LA01Yes
Jul 24, 2024TX00Yes
Apr 22, 2024LA00Yes
Apr 19, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 17, 2023PA00Yes
Apr 22, 2022AL01Yes
May 3, 2021SD01Yes
Feb 3, 2019CA00Yes
Apr 18, 2018MN00Yes