Carrier profile · USDOT 2955861 · MC-1829 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

AD FREIGHT INC

258 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 46 statesSOUTH ELGIN, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1829 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 20.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 222 vehicle and 462 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

18.2% · 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 1.9 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

443 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 28

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 258-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
258
Inspections · 24 mo
462
Annualized
≈231 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving201 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 46 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance31 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance27 · 14 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance26 · 8 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance17 · 8 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

56 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

27ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
22False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 20 total · 11 in 24 mo

20
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262112
20255024
20247027
20232022
20222002
20202002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026MA11Yes
May 26, 2026NC00Yes
Dec 21, 2025MS01No
Aug 25, 2025PA01Yes
Jun 10, 2025WY00Yes
Jun 10, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 22, 2025ND00Yes
Dec 8, 2024TX00Yes
Nov 14, 2024WA00Yes
Sep 13, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 9, 2024WI00Yes
Jun 24, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 25, 2024VA01Yes
Jan 28, 2024PA01Yes
Oct 28, 2023MT01Yes
May 23, 2023GA02Yes
Dec 31, 2022NE00Yes
Mar 14, 2022MO00Yes
Nov 28, 2020MI00Yes
Jul 21, 2020NV00Yes