Carrier profile · USDOT 2534142 · MC-880980 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

AA FREIGHT INC

60 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 39 statesPHILADELPHIA, PA87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-880980 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 25.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 119 vehicle and 185 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.5% · 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

179 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 17

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 60-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
60
Inspections · 24 mo
185
Annualized
≈93 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.08measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 19 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

17 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.

9ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 78% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 11 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265045
20255023
20241001
20232012
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 30, 2026MO01Yes
May 22, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 11, 2026MO02Yes
Feb 24, 2026NV01Yes
Jan 27, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 13, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 2, 2025NV00Yes
Jul 23, 2025MO01No
Apr 23, 2025KS00Yes
Feb 19, 2025OK01No
Sep 17, 2024CA00Yes
Nov 29, 2023AZ00Yes
Sep 18, 2023NY02Yes
Aug 21, 2022AZ00Yes