Carrier profile · USDOT 3685379 · MC-1283529 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

CARGO EMPIRE LLC

35 power unitsavg 4.8 yrNational · 40 statesNAPERVILLE, IL63/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1283529 INACTIVE
Verified linkscargoempirellc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 148 vehicle and 327 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

23.0% · 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 10.6 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

324 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 30

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
≈4.7 / 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
35
Inspections · 24 mo
327
Annualized
≈164 / yr
Coverage
≈4.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

92%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
76%
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 Driving202 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance46 · 12 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance42 · 33 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance30 · 13 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 6 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

54 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 22, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
14False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 16 total · 13 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20257126
20246016
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 9, 2026GA01Yes
Jan 24, 2026MO00Yes
Jan 16, 2026MI00Yes
Nov 12, 2025OH01Yes
Nov 7, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 6, 2025IL01No
Jul 28, 2025KY10Yes
Jun 14, 2025AL00Yes
Mar 10, 2025MN00Yes
Mar 6, 2025WY00Yes
Dec 14, 2024NE00Yes
Nov 10, 2024CO01Yes
Aug 11, 2024TX00Yes
May 6, 2024NJ00Yes
Mar 8, 2024NC00Yes
Mar 8, 2024OK00Yes