Carrier profile · USDOT 857933 · MC-373156 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Chatterton Bros Trucking LLC

16 power unitsavg 11.5 yrRegional · 7 statesAVON, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-373156 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 7 vehicle and 24 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 29.3 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

23 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 3

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 16-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
16
Inspections · 24 mo
24
Annualized
≈12 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
58%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
35%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 5 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

5 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 22, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 13 total · 2 in 24 mo

13
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241001
20211011
20201001
20181001
20171001
20151001
20131001
20121001
20091001
20081011
20071011
20031010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 23, 2026IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 5, 2021IL01Yes
Mar 18, 2020KS00Yes
May 21, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 10, 2017IL00Yes
Jan 8, 2015IL00Yes
Jan 28, 2013IL00Yes
Jul 2, 2012IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2009IA00Yes
Feb 4, 2008IL01Yes
Jan 9, 2007IL01Yes
Jun 18, 2003IL01No