Carrier profile · USDOT 141280 · MC-151275 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Chicago Suburban Express Inc

33 power unitsavg 13.9 yrRegional · 3 statesFOREST VIEW, IL93/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-151275 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 33.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 10 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 8.3 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

10 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 33-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
33
Inspections · 24 mo
10
Annualized
≈5 / yr
Coverage
≈0.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
62%
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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 177.834 Other violationOther1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 22 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 55 total · 0 in 24 mo

55
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
25
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20232002
20222012
20212012
20202002
20191011
20182011
20172012
20162011
20156026
20144004
20132012
20122002
20091011
20081001
20074134
20063023
20052012
20043013
19991011
19981001
19972012
19964022
19952021
19941010
19921011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 7, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 17, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 7, 2022IL01Yes
Apr 14, 2022IL00Yes
Sep 15, 2021IL00Yes
Jun 15, 2021IL01Yes
Feb 28, 2020IL00Yes
Feb 5, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 10, 2019IL01Yes
Aug 15, 2018IL00Yes
Feb 5, 2018IL01No
Apr 24, 2017IL00Yes
Jan 5, 2017IL01Yes
Aug 18, 2016IL00Yes
Aug 3, 2016IL02No
Nov 25, 2015IL00Yes
Nov 20, 2015IL00Yes
Nov 17, 2015IL00Yes
Nov 13, 2015IL01Yes
Aug 19, 2015IN01Yes
Aug 14, 2015IL00Yes
Nov 18, 2014IL00Yes
Jul 18, 2014IL00Yes
Jul 11, 2014IL00Yes
Mar 13, 2014IL00Yes