Carrier profile · USDOT 2106977 · MC-734807 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Chicago Air Freight Inc

DBA NA

21 power unitsavg 5.8 yrLocal · 2 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL50/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-734807 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

Vehicle OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 1 vehicle and 2 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

22.2% · 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 52.1 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

No roadside inspections on the FMCSA record in this window

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 21-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
21
Inspections · 24 mo
2
Annualized
1 / yr
Coverage
0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
2measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance3 · 3 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 25, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 26 total · 0 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20241101
20234034
20223003
20213003
20202012
20191011
20174024
20161001
20154034
20141011
20132022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 18, 2024MI10Yes
Sep 18, 2023CT01Yes
Jun 7, 2023TX01Yes
Feb 16, 2023WI01Yes
Jan 10, 2023MO00Yes
Sep 9, 2022PA00Yes
Feb 17, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 19, 2022KS00Yes
May 27, 2021IN00Yes
Mar 13, 2021PA00Yes
Mar 4, 2021TX00Yes
Oct 21, 2020OH00Yes
Jun 26, 2020IA01Yes
Apr 11, 2019MD01Yes
Oct 27, 2017TX00Yes
Jun 27, 2017OK00Yes
May 21, 2017NC02Yes
May 14, 2017LA01Yes
Aug 27, 2016PA00Yes
Dec 31, 2015NJ01Yes
Nov 10, 2015PA01Yes
Aug 7, 2015TX01Yes
Feb 1, 2015IA00Yes
Feb 18, 2014CO01Yes
Sep 20, 2013IN01Yes