Carrier profile · USDOT 1194419 · MC-476565 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Windy City Carriers Inc

22 power unitsavg 7 yrNational · 22 statesNILES, IL74/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-476565 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

22Power units

37 observed · MCS-150

29Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

7.0Avg age (yr)

1998–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(847) 588-1523 Email dispatchdanny@windycitycarriers.com

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Sep 6, 2026

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

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate well above average40.0% 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-mo40.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$1M in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo40.0%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

4 in 24 mo

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

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

22 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersTypical

7 yr

Model years 1998–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

22 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2003 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

78 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

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

Vehicle OOS 40.0%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 3.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 40 vehicle and 78 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

44.4% · 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 19.7 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

75 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.

Heavily inspected

Under-inspected

Expected

Well-monitored

Heavily inspected

≈1.8 / 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: 22
Inspections · 24 mo: 78
Annualized: ≈39 / yr
Coverage: ≈1.8 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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 4 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

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 · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Northland’16–’23

Sentry Select’24–now

2004201020162022now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 13 insurers are named in the list below.

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

All 13 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2024 → Aug 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 2016	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2014 → Jan 2015	$1M	2
NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	Jan 2013 → Jan 2014	$1M	4
NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	Jan 2011 → Jan 2013	$1M	2
NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2010 → Feb 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

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 22
Observed power (24 mo): 37
Trailers (towed): 29

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

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

7.0 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1998

Oldest model yr

80.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 22 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

IL busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

NILES, IL

7400 NORTH WAUKEGAN ROAD

Top corridor

IL 18 · TN 8 · OH 5

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

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

Last 12 months: 7 trucks also ran under 8 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2828370 USDOT 7194264 USDOT 3481132 USDOT 2994632 USDOT 38111 USDOT 3406276 USDOT 3530351 USDOT 2275822Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (24 trucks · 27 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 2828370 USDOT 3300318 USDOT 7194264 USDOT 1919386 USDOT 2311762 USDOT 3530351 USDOT 74432 USDOT 3481132

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

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

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

Contact

Phone: (847) 588-1523
Email: danny@windycitycarriers.com
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

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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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 refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier holds active contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Sep 6, 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 as of Sep 6, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 40.0% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier received 78 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 40 vehicle-level and 78 driver-level — across 22 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Sep 6, 2026.

The carrier has 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Sep 6, 2026.

It reports 22 power units and 41 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated Jul 16, 2025.

It has an FMCSA safety rating of Satisfactory assigned Dec 21, 2011 in the federal record refreshed Sep 6, 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?

As of Sep 6, 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 40.0% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 106 roadside inspections, with 4 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and an FMCSA "Satisfactory" safety rating. Vektor's computed risk score is 74/100 (tier: review).

How big is WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC's fleet?

WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC operates 22 power units and 41 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC based?

WINDY CITY CARRIERS INC is based in NILES, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 22 states.

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