Carrier profile · USDOT 2790354 · MC-930644 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Americargo Trans LLC

55 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 28 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-930644 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 20.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 113 vehicle and 161 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 3.2 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

155 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 20

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 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
161
Annualized
≈81 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving57 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
5False logs
5Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 4 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253023
20244114
20232012
20222012
20217037
20201011
20193003
20182002
20161101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 19, 2026WY00Yes
Oct 18, 2025TX07Yes
Sep 27, 2025IL01Yes
Apr 4, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 3, 2024IL13Yes
May 30, 2024NM00Yes
Apr 18, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 19, 2023IL00Yes
May 25, 2023MD01Yes
Nov 4, 2022IL00Yes
Aug 27, 2022IL01Yes
Nov 18, 2021IL01Yes
Jun 7, 2021MO00Yes
Jun 7, 2021MO00Yes
Apr 5, 2021AZ00Yes
Mar 27, 2021IN00Yes
Mar 24, 2021MO01Yes
Feb 18, 2021TN02Yes
Mar 19, 2020OH01Yes
May 30, 2019MO00Yes
Feb 28, 2019MO00Yes
Feb 3, 2019CA00Yes
Sep 6, 2018MO00Yes
Jun 7, 2018OK00Yes