Carrier profile · USDOT 2009671 · MC-708570 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

18 Wheeler Trucking Inc

57 power unitsavg 6.9 yrNational · 28 statesITASCA, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-708570 ACTIVE
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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 21.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 41 vehicle and 105 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.0% · 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

102 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 57-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
57
Inspections · 24 mo
105
Annualized
≈53 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

76%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
85%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving68 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance18 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
15False logs
14Drove over hours

10 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 5 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254014
20241011
20231001
20221011
20211101
20203013
20192002
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 5, 2026NJ00Yes
Dec 13, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 17, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 16, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 8, 2025IL02Yes
Jul 1, 2024NJ01Yes
Oct 22, 2023TN00Yes
Feb 3, 2022IL04Yes
Sep 14, 2021OH10Yes
Oct 20, 2020MA00Yes
Oct 4, 2020IL01Yes
Feb 13, 2020IN00Yes
Jun 13, 2019IN00Yes
Mar 6, 2019CT00Yes
Aug 11, 2017FL00Yes