Carrier profile · USDOT 2028041 · MC-740661 · Updated Jun 28, 2026

AAA FREIGHT INC

275 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 45 statesSOUTH HOLLAND, IL81/100
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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 31.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 345 vehicle and 689 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 2.9 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

661 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Jul '25 · 38

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 275-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
275
Inspections · 24 mo
689
Annualized
≈345 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving336 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance147 · 126 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance67 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance65 · 22 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance54 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance37 · 26 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance24 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

28ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
6False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 185 total · 31 in 24 mo

185
Total crashes
31
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
50
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026101210
2025170217
2024120512
2023181517
2022140513
2021240124
2020120112
2019201819
2018131713
2017150514
2016111611
20156026
20144004
20135005
20124013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2026OH03Yes
May 16, 2026NE00Yes
May 13, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 27, 2026NC01Yes
Apr 14, 2026NC00Yes
Apr 1, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 19, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 13, 2026OK00Yes
Mar 10, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 10, 2026VA10Yes
Dec 21, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 4, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 23, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 3, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 27, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 3, 2025AR00Yes
May 29, 2025CT00Yes
May 28, 2025TN00Yes
May 23, 2025WA00Yes
May 22, 2025TN00Yes
May 21, 2025GA01Yes
Feb 28, 2025AZ00Yes
Feb 22, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 13, 2025GA01Yes
Feb 12, 2025OH00Yes