Carrier profile · USDOT 2543657 · MC-885273 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BENDJI FREIGHT INC

DBA BENJI FREIGHT INC

1 power unitavg 8.6 yrNational · 19 statesBARRINGTON, IL56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-885273 INACTIVE
Verified linksbenjifreight.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 43.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · 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 29.6 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

30 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 6

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
≈17.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈17.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
74%
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 Driving39 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance23 · 6 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 13 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

30 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 14 total · 5 in 24 mo

14
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20247036
20232002
20222012
20193023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Oct 21, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 17, 2024MD00Yes
Sep 5, 2024IN00Yes
Aug 28, 2024WV02No
Aug 28, 2024WV00Yes
Mar 13, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 22, 2024MO01Yes
Sep 11, 2023MS00Yes
Apr 13, 2023MD00Yes
Oct 24, 2022PA00Yes
Oct 4, 2022TX01Yes
Sep 15, 2019KY01Yes
Jun 19, 2019TX01Yes
Apr 19, 2019NJ00Yes