Carrier profile · USDOT 3170105 · MC-117608 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

APOLLO FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

130 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 32 statesSUMMIT, IL81/100
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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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 110 vehicle and 300 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

286 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 18

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 130-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
130
Inspections · 24 mo
300
Annualized
≈150 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
50%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
79%
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 Driving132 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance59 · 45 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 5 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

15 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 19 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
2025120612
202410139
2023100410
20221001
20213003
20202012
20193013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 7, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 14, 2026OH00Yes
Dec 31, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 10, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 10, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 4, 2025VA01Yes
Oct 7, 2025OH01Yes
Jul 8, 2025OH02Yes
Jun 25, 2025GA02Yes
May 1, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 14, 2025OK01Yes
Feb 12, 2025NC02Yes
Feb 5, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 19, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 22, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 20, 2024WA00Yes
Oct 14, 2024PA02Yes
Sep 19, 2024MO00Yes
Sep 9, 2024FL01No
May 12, 2024TX21Yes
Apr 13, 2024OK00Yes
Apr 2, 2024LA00Yes
Mar 23, 2024AL00Yes
Jan 15, 2024WV00Yes
Dec 20, 2023KY01Yes