Carrier profile · USDOT 1194419 · MC-476565 · FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026

Windy City Carriers Inc

32 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 22 statesNILES, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-476565 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

32Power units

37 observed · MCS-150

33Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.4Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(847) 588-1523 Email dispatch[email protected]

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average38.1% of vehicle inspections were placed out of service vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 23 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2003.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo38.1%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

5 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

32 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7.4 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

22 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Cross-border activity

No border inspections on record

5 other inspections in border states, with no named crossing match.

A named inspection location does not confirm a border transit or operating authority. Counts cover retained inspection records.

Before you tender

What to check before you tender

CheckAsk for the last annual inspection and brake and equipment maintenance records
Vehicle OOS 38.10% on 42 vehicle inspections in 24 months, above the 22.26% CVSA national average.
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71 hours-of-service violations on record, most recent Oct 14, 2026.

Safety

81 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 38.1%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 81 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 18.6 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 7

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

≈1.3 / unit·yr

thin signalabundant signal

Within the expected band for a 32-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 32
Inspections · 24 mo: 81
Annualized: ≈41 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving33 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance25 · 5 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 6 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

FMCSA authority & insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: None
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$1,000,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$1M in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $1M meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$1M BIPD last filed ’24 · 11 insurers · 3 lapsesCoverage lapse

Northland’16–’23

Sentry Select’24–now

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 14 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $1,000,000 · SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY · since Aug 2024

All 14 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Sep 2024	$1M	2
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2023 → Jan 2024	$1M	3
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2016 → Feb 2023	$1M	2
AMERICAN INTER-FIDELITY EXCHANGE	Jan 2015 → Jan 2015	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2014 → Feb 2015	$1M	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jun 2013 → Jan 2014	$1M	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2013 → Jan 2013	$1M	2
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2011 → Jan 2013	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2010 → Jan 2011	$1M	2
STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	Jan 2009 → Jan 2010	$1M	1
LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2008 → Jan 2008	$1M	3
ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2007 → Jan 2008	$1M	1
CAROLINA CASUALTY INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2005 → Jan 2007	$1M	3
OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	Jan 2004 → Jan 2005	$1M	3

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

FMCSA equipment data as of Nov 7, 2026

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 32
Observed power (24 mo): 37
Trailers (towed): 33

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.4 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

81.4%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 22 states · 24 mo

FMCSA operations & lanes data as of Nov 7, 2026

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IL busiest

Inspections by state· roadside inspections, last 24 mo

Illinois: 16 inspections
Tennessee: 7 inspections
Mississippi: 6 inspections
Indiana: 6 inspections
Florida: 5 inspections
Texas: 5 inspections
Ohio: 5 inspections
Kentucky: 5 inspections
Georgia: 4 inspections
Missouri: 3 inspections
South Carolina: 3 inspections
Louisiana: 3 inspections
Kansas: 2 inspections
North Carolina: 2 inspections
Michigan: 2 inspections
Montana: 1 inspections
Connecticut: 1 inspections
Arkansas: 1 inspections
West Virginia: 1 inspections
Alabama: 1 inspections
Nebraska: 1 inspections
Maryland: 1 inspections

Home base

NILES, IL

7400 NORTH WAUKEGAN ROAD

Most inspections: IL

16 inspections

IL 16 · TN 7 · MS 6

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

FMCSA network & fraud data as of Nov 7, 2026

Last 12 months: 5 trucks also ran under 5 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 3080387 USDOT 3481132 USDOT 7194264 USDOT 38111 USDOT 3530351Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (27 trucks · 31 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2828370 USDOT 3300318 USDOT 7194264 USDOT 1919386 USDOT 2311762 USDOT 3530351 USDOT 2578164 USDOT 3822451

Shares a registration email domain with other carriers

@windycitycarriers.com — 2 carriers: USDOT 2242735

Shares a company officer with other carriers

dragan stanojevic — 4 carriers: USDOT 1270823 USDOT 1348095 USDOT 2242735

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

Observed (24 mo)

Shared w/ other carriers

Registered and roadside-observed capacity are broadly consistent.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

FMCSA identity & federal data as of Nov 7, 2026

Location

Physical address: 7400 NORTH WAUKEGAN ROAD, NILES, IL, 60714
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (847) 588-1523
Email: [email protected]
Web domain: windycitycarriers.com

Registration

Officer: Dragan Stanojevic
USDOT / docket: 1194419 · MC-476565
First registered: Dec 16, 2003
Last MCS-150: Jul 16, 2025 · 2,102,000 mi (2021)
FMCSA safety rating: Satisfactory · Dec 21, 2011
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

Power units

Drivers

CDL drivers

2,102,000

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

FMCSA federal activity data as of Nov 7, 2026

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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38%

vehicle out-of-service rate

Safety and violations

16 of 42 eligible vehicle inspections had a vehicle OOS finding.

FMCSA roadside inspections, Nov 2024 to Nov 2026.

135violation records

23OOS-tagged records

16 of 42inspections with OOS

What the violations were

FMCSA BASIC themes in plain language: vehicle maintenance, driver fitness, hours of service and unsafe driving. Roadside records grouped without double counting.

Hours of service

496%3 / 49

Unsafe driving

307%2 / 30

Other vehicle maintenance

2741%11 / 27

Lights

1540%6 / 15

Brakes

147%1 / 14

Bar = record count; % = OOS share.

Vehicle OOS over time

Eligible vehicle inspections in six-month windows; no national comparison.

70%

15%

30%

20%Nov 24 to May 252 / 10

33%May 25 to Nov 253 / 9

64%Nov 25 to May 267 / 11

33%May 26 to Nov 264 / 12

Top 3 codes (30 of 135 records)

395.30B1-ELDDFR ELD — use / data transfer13
395.24 ELD — record edits / data12
393.75A3-TAOL Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)5

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395.8E-HOSPDOOS Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing5
395.30B2-ELDDFC24 ELD — use / data transfer4
395.8E1PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing4
392.2-SLLS3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)3
393.47E Brake actuators / linings / components3
393.9A-LSLIWR Inoperative required lamps3
393.9TS Inoperative required lamps3
396.17C Periodic (annual) inspection3
392.2-SLLMF State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2-SLLS1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2LV State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.2RG State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)2
392.82DUMT Using a hand-held mobile phone2
392.9A2-C Failure to secure load / cargo not secured2
393.45B2-B-AIR Brake tubing / hose defects2
393.47A Brake actuators / linings / components2
393.48A Brakes inoperative2
393.55C1 Antilock brake system (ABS)2
393.60C Windshield / glazing2
393.9 Inoperative required lamps2
395.22G-ELDMFV ELD — provider/registration/malfunction2
395.8E-HOSPD Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing2
396.17C-PI Periodic (annual) inspection2
390.21TB USDOT number marking on vehicle1
392.16-D Failure to use seat belt1
392.2-SLL State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA1 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLEWA3 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIFTA State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLIRP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLLR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLS4 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLSR State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLTCD State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2-SLLUP State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2C State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.2LC State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)1
392.8 Driving of commercial motor vehicles1
393.100C-C Cargo securement (general)1
393.11A1-CSURR Required lamps/reflectors missing1
393.203E-CBP Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.207F Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.209E-SPSLA Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)1
393.53B-B Automatic brake adjusters / indicators1
393.55C2 Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.55E-B Antilock brake system (ABS)1
393.75A1-TFBMF Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75A3-TAOLTIS Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.75C-TAOTD-LT2/32 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)1
393.78 Windshield wipers1
393.78A-WS Windshield wipers1
393.95A Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)1
393.9A-LFTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LHWS Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LIL Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LSLI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9A-LTSI Inoperative required lamps1
393.9BRKLAMP Inoperative required lamps1
395.22H4-ELDBRODS ELD — provider/registration/malfunction1
395.3A2-HOSPD Driving beyond hours-of-service limits1
395.8(f)(1) Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8A Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8A1-HOSP Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
395.8E1-PC Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missing1
396.3A1-BALAC Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BNMH Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1-BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1
396.3A1BOS Inspection / repair / maintenance not performed1

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Hours of service

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Unsafe driving

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Other vehicle maintenance

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Safety and violations

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC.

WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC (USDOT 1194419) has a Vektor safety score of 74/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record. FMCSA profile data as of Nov 3, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I. FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $1,000,000 limit in force from SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY effective Aug 9, 2024 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot. FMCSA insurance data as of Nov 3, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 38.1% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier received 81 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 42 vehicle-level and 81 driver-level — across 22 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data. FMCSA operations data as of Nov 7, 2026.

The carrier has 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available. FMCSA safety data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It reports 32 power units and 41 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 16, 2025. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 21, 2011 in the federal record. FMCSA identity data as of Nov 7, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 1194419, and its motor carrier number is MC-476565.

Is WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

FMCSA authority data as of Nov 7, 2026. WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC's safety record?

WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC has a 38.1% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 115 roadside inspections, with 5 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).