Carrier profile · USDOT 1689421 · MC-620497 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

4k Cartage Inc

30 power unitsavg 8.9 yrRegional · 4 statesHARVEY, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-620497 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified links4kcartage.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 35.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 14 vehicle and 41 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 41.7 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

41 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

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 30-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
41
Annualized
≈21 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
62%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 392.5 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 34 total · 4 in 24 mo

34
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253113
20234114
20223023
20212002
20201001
20192002
20182002
20171011
20162012
20153003
20142012
20133023
20122002
20112002
20101001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 9, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 14, 2025IN00Yes
Oct 1, 2025IL12Yes
Jan 20, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 26, 2023IN10Yes
Aug 8, 2023IN01Yes
May 9, 2023IL00Yes
Mar 2, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 31, 2022IN01Yes
Nov 4, 2022MI01Yes
Aug 23, 2022IN00Yes
Mar 18, 2021IN00Yes
Jan 4, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 17, 2020IL00Yes
Oct 23, 2019IN00Yes
Jul 10, 2019IN00Yes
Sep 6, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 6, 2018MI00Yes
Mar 8, 2017IN01Yes
Nov 14, 2016IL01Yes
Sep 30, 2016MI00Yes
Nov 5, 2015WI00Yes
Jan 21, 2015IN00Yes
Jan 12, 2015IN00Yes
Nov 9, 2014IL00Yes