Carrier profile · USDOT 185732 · MC-152337 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Central States Trucking LLC

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900 power unitsavg 12.8 yrNational · 31 statesOAK BROOK, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-152337 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 31.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 635 vehicle and 951 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 2.4 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

935 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 50

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 900-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
900
Inspections · 24 mo
951
Annualized
≈476 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
38%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
12%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
84%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance364 · 100 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving322 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance165 · 37 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance142 · 112 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance107 · 11 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance96 · 58 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance76 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance50 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance38 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance37 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

76 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 8, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

50ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
15Drove over hours

Trending worse — 64% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 484 total · 44 in 24 mo

484
Total crashes
44
In last 24 mo
20
Fatal
185
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026120412
20252611425
2024220821
20233021124
2022201420
20213711636
2020211920
20193501132
20184021640
2017331931
2016251625
2015221622
2014120712
2013171617
2012100410
20119059
20105015
20095025
20086026
20077037
2006101410
20059118
20047136
20036054
20025015
20015115
20003022
1999113311
19984024
19973033
19963003
19955025
19947154
19936053
19923013
19912021
19901010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2026MS00Yes
Jul 12, 2026SC00Yes
Jun 16, 2026MS01Yes
May 22, 2026AR00Yes
May 14, 2026GA00Yes
May 7, 2026GA01Yes
May 6, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 27, 2026MN00Yes
Mar 16, 2026AL00Yes
Mar 9, 2026IL02Yes
Mar 6, 2026IL01Yes
Jan 2, 2026MS00Yes
Dec 19, 2025TN00Yes
Dec 1, 2025MO01Yes
Oct 30, 2025SC00Yes
Oct 21, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 6, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 30, 2025PA02No
Sep 24, 2025MO01Yes
Sep 8, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 4, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 4, 2025GA03Yes
Jul 30, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 24, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 11, 2025MN00Yes