Carrier profile · USDOT 3760131 · MC-1338260 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

BM CARGO INC

30 power unitsavg 2.6 yrNational · 39 statesPALATINE, IL45/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1338260 INACTIVEUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
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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 28.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 12.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 121 vehicle and 149 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

32.7% · 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 11.1 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

146 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 15

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
≈2.5 / 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
30
Inspections · 24 mo
149
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈2.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

51%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
94%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
55%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 1 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 17 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness15 · 7 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance13 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

42 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Oct 25, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
13False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 7 total · 7 in 24 mo

7
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254114
20243023
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 23, 2025NY10Yes
Jun 12, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 10, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 22, 2025AL01Yes
Dec 3, 2024MO01Yes
Aug 29, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 12, 2024TX01Yes