Carrier profile · USDOT 2399662 · MC-825275 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Altex Logistics Inc

99 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 37 statesWHEATON, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-825275 ACTIVE
Verified linksaltexlogistics.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 23.0%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 — 74 vehicle and 223 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.5% · 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 14.2 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

218 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 16

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
≈1.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 99-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
99
Inspections · 24 mo
223
Annualized
≈112 / yr
Coverage
≈1.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 18 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 5 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

53 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
10False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 83% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 51 total · 9 in 24 mo

51
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258128
20241011
20234014
20225025
20212012
20209119
20195015
20186106
20179038
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 15, 2026MN00Yes
Dec 9, 2025OR00Yes
Nov 29, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 7, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 27, 2025ID01Yes
Sep 26, 2025MD00Yes
Jun 6, 2025IA00Yes
Mar 7, 2025PA01Yes
Feb 6, 2025PA10Yes
Apr 20, 2024NC01Yes
Dec 25, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 27, 2023PA00Yes
Mar 2, 2023PA02Yes
Feb 28, 2023FL00Yes
Dec 28, 2022IL03Yes
Dec 21, 2022UT00Yes
Dec 8, 2022IL00Yes
Dec 7, 2022OR00Yes
Sep 7, 2022MA01Yes
Dec 14, 2021GA01Yes
Dec 2, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 11, 2020OH00Yes
Oct 28, 2020GA00Yes
Oct 26, 2020AR00Yes
Jul 10, 2020PA00Yes