Carrier profile · USDOT 3533697 · MC-1177328 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

ALBA FREIGHT INC

2 power unitsavg 2.2 yrNational · 44 statesBURR RIDGE, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1177328 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksalbafreightinc.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 26.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 157 vehicle and 376 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.3% · 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 8.5 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

343 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 42

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈94.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
2
Inspections · 24 mo
376
Annualized
≈188 / yr
Coverage
≈94.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

99%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
92%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
66%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving210 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance90 · 17 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance71 · 53 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance37 · 15 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance29 · 8 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving13 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

161 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 23, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
67False logs
35Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 19 total · 10 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254024
2024130312
20232012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 12, 2025VA04Yes
Mar 17, 2025WI00Yes
Mar 6, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 19, 2025WY01Yes
Nov 8, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 24, 2024NM01No
Oct 16, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 15, 2024MA02Yes
Sep 14, 2024MO00Yes
Aug 30, 2024ID00Yes
Jul 29, 2024TX02Yes
Jul 12, 2024LA00Yes
Jun 6, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 28, 2024IL00Yes
Mar 31, 2024MD00Yes
Mar 11, 2024MS00Yes
Feb 13, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 1, 2023CA00Yes
Sep 17, 2023TX03Yes