Carrier profile · USDOT 1756217 · MC-642388 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Coast Connection Inc

74 power unitsavg 5.7 yrNational · 35 statesMELROSE PARK, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-642388 ACTIVE
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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 14.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 250 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.8% · 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 7.4 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

238 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 18

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
≈1.7 / 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
74
Inspections · 24 mo
250
Annualized
≈125 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
26%
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 Driving85 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 13 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance5 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
7False logs
14Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 35 total · 3 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20245015
20232002
20223013
20215025
20202012
20193033
20182002
20174023
20152011
20141001
20132022
20101001
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 30, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 25, 2025FL00Yes
Oct 5, 2024WV01Yes
Jul 8, 2024MI00Yes
May 13, 2024PA00Yes
Apr 26, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 9, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 4, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 22, 2023MI00Yes
Dec 22, 2022MO04Yes
Nov 15, 2022WV00Yes
Apr 25, 2022MI00Yes
Nov 24, 2021MI01Yes
Sep 17, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 16, 2021IL00Yes
Apr 1, 2021IL01Yes
Feb 9, 2021AR00Yes
Mar 18, 2020IL02Yes
Feb 26, 2020MI00Yes
Nov 15, 2019IL02Yes
Apr 22, 2019IL01Yes
Jan 29, 2019MI01Yes
Nov 16, 2018GA00Yes
Jun 12, 2018VA00Yes
Oct 4, 2017TN01No