Carrier profile · USDOT 2890110 · MC-970896 · Updated Jun 24, 2026

C1 Transportation Inc

59 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 41 statesCHANNAHON, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-970896 ACTIVE
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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 33.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 83 vehicle and 184 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 5.9 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

174 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 13

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 59-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
59
Inspections · 24 mo
184
Annualized
≈92 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

63%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
63%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
75%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
77%
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 Driving211 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance39 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance35 · 30 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 12 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 10 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

91 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

49ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
14False logs
14Drove over hours

21 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 53 total · 8 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252022
20248047
20237126
2022121611
20218238
20206026
20197027
20171101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 26, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 26, 2025MI02Yes
Jun 30, 2025NC01Yes
Dec 13, 2024TX01No
Nov 18, 2024LA01Yes
Oct 14, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 24, 2024TX00Yes
May 24, 2024GA00Yes
Mar 22, 2024OH00Yes
Feb 4, 2024WY00Yes
Feb 2, 2024TX01Yes
Dec 20, 2023NJ01Yes
Dec 12, 2023GA00Yes
Nov 14, 2023AR00Yes
Nov 6, 2023ID10Yes
May 23, 2023TX01No
May 4, 2023MN00Yes
Apr 12, 2023MO00Yes
Nov 14, 2022FL01Yes
Nov 14, 2022IA12Yes
Nov 4, 2022IL00Yes
Sep 22, 2022WY02Yes
Jun 12, 2022MO01Yes
Jun 6, 2022IL00Yes