Carrier profile · USDOT 3655676 · MC-1261796 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

Bonanza Carriers LLC

250 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 38 statesJOLIET, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1261796 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 30.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 214 vehicle and 444 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.6% · 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 3.3 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

441 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 47

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 250-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
250
Inspections · 24 mo
444
Annualized
≈222 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

84%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
26%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
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 Driving225 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance76 · 14 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance68 · 59 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance31 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance25 · 14 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance24 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

57 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

37ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 25 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
25
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
2025180617
20246016
20231001
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 31, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 25, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 15, 2026MA00Yes
Nov 11, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 8, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 1, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 5, 2025NC01Yes
Aug 23, 2025IN03Yes
Aug 18, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 29, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 16, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 14, 2025WV00Yes
Apr 5, 2025OH00Yes
Mar 28, 2025WV01No
Mar 6, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 18, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 15, 2025PA00Yes
Feb 4, 2025FL01Yes
Feb 4, 2025AR00Yes
Jan 6, 2025IN02Yes
Jan 5, 2025IN01Yes
Dec 29, 2024OH01Yes
Dec 5, 2024WV00Yes
Oct 7, 2024MI00Yes
Aug 12, 2024OH00Yes