Carrier profile · USDOT 3171248 · MC-903936 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Cardinal Express Logistics Inc

1 power unitavg 8.1 yrNational · 18 statesMOUNT PROSPECT, IL57/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-903936 INACTIVE
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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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 4

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
≈12.5 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈12.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

27%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 8 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 30, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

4ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
2False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 2 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20243133
20232002
20222012
20201001
20191001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 30, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 23, 2024OH21Yes
Jun 3, 2024MD01Yes
Mar 15, 2024MI01Yes
Dec 24, 2023GA00Yes
Aug 17, 2023GA00Yes
Dec 16, 2022KS00Yes
Jun 2, 2022PA01Yes
Mar 20, 2020GA00Yes
May 25, 2019NC00Yes