Carrier profile · USDOT 2978909 · MC-13209 · Updated Jun 30, 2026

Apex Prime Freightways Inc

94 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 41 statesCHICAGO RIDGE, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-13209 ACTIVE
Verified linksapexprimefreight.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 31.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 162 vehicle and 349 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.5% · 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 19.3 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

340 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 25

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
≈1.9 / 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
94
Inspections · 24 mo
349
Annualized
≈175 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
69%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
73%
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 Driving103 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance56 · 43 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance8 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

45 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 97% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 12 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264013
20257037
20242002
20211001
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 23, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 29, 2026NY01No
Jan 29, 2026NY00Yes
Jan 24, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 14, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 14, 2025WI00Yes
Oct 16, 2025MO02Yes
Oct 14, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 19, 2025NY01Yes
Aug 14, 2025IL02Yes
May 30, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 10, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 19, 2024MS00Yes
Feb 19, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 5, 2017KY00Yes