Carrier profile · USDOT 2334923 · MC-797240 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Black & Chrome Inc

30 power unitsavg 9.2 yrNational · 37 statesLA GRANGE, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-797240 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 48.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 9.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 50 vehicle and 111 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 3.4 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

103 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 10

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
30
Inspections · 24 mo
111
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
83%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
93%
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 Driving98 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance47 · 27 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance43 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance42 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance29 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 14 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

20ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
12False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 5 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252022
20247055
20238018
20225025
20214014
20204014
20198048
20184004
20173003
20162002
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 15, 2026OH00Yes
Oct 28, 2025TX02Yes
Sep 4, 2025MO01Yes
Nov 29, 2024VA07Yes
Sep 8, 2024OH01No
Aug 6, 2024KY02No
Jul 15, 2024GA00Yes
May 23, 2024TX01Yes
May 20, 2024IL01Yes
Jan 19, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 25, 2023NM00Yes
Oct 16, 2023OK00Yes
Oct 3, 2023KY01Yes
Aug 15, 2023OH00Yes
Aug 9, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 21, 2023IN00Yes
Jun 15, 2023AL00Yes
Apr 22, 2023PA00Yes
Dec 23, 2022OH00Yes
Nov 3, 2022NJ00Yes
May 6, 2022AL02Yes
Apr 25, 2022IL03Yes
Apr 2, 2022MT00Yes
Dec 11, 2021IL01Yes
Dec 7, 2021CA00Yes