Carrier profile · USDOT 1136172 · MC-458482 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Benefit Trucking LLC

DBA BENEFIT TRUCKING

121 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 39 statesGARY, IN88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-458482 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linksbenefit-trucking.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 19.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 191 vehicle and 371 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.5% · 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 1.8 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

364 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 23

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 121-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
121
Inspections · 24 mo
371
Annualized
≈186 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

85%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
49%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
31%
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 Driving145 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 28 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

23ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
9Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 229 total · 25 in 24 mo

229
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
62
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267016
2025140313
2024100210
20237126
20228038
20216016
20203013
2019110211
2018140514
20176006
2016120412
2015150615
2014190817
2013120212
20127017
20115005
2010130512
20098008
2008260824
20074024
20067007
2005130413
20042021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 29, 2026PA00Yes
May 21, 2026WV00Yes
May 15, 2026AL00Yes
Apr 14, 2026TN00Yes
Feb 5, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 13, 2026PA01No
Jan 11, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 30, 2025OH00Yes
Dec 15, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 11, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 9, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 14, 2025SC01No
Sep 23, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 20, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 12, 2025VA00Yes
May 4, 2025MI00Yes
Mar 17, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 11, 2025NC01Yes
Feb 13, 2025TN01Yes
Jan 30, 2025VA00Yes
Jan 20, 2025MI00Yes
Dec 28, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 18, 2024NJ00Yes
Dec 7, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 11, 2024NE01Yes