Carrier profile · USDOT 2544918 · MC-885818 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

CONNECT FREIGHT INC

19 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 28 statesMARKHAM, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-885818 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 12.5%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 — 32 vehicle and 97 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · 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 9.4 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 10

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
≈2.6 / 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
19
Inspections · 24 mo
97
Annualized
≈49 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

49%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
19%
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 Driving65 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 10, 2025. 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
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 70% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 6 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255045
20244024
20234023
20227027
20217007
20204014
20181011
20171011
20164034
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 1, 2025NJ01Yes
Apr 4, 2025MS01Yes
Feb 16, 2025SC01Yes
Jan 30, 2025MO00Yes
Jan 20, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 15, 2024KS01Yes
Mar 21, 2024AL01Yes
Mar 15, 2024MD00Yes
Feb 10, 2024KY00Yes
Nov 29, 2023KY00Yes
Sep 21, 2023TX01Yes
May 9, 2023VA01No
Jan 8, 2023AL00Yes
Dec 24, 2022NE00Yes
Dec 22, 2022MO00Yes
Sep 14, 2022MO00Yes
Mar 23, 2022LA01Yes
Jan 25, 2022SC01Yes
Jan 17, 2022PA00Yes
Jan 7, 2022MD00Yes
Oct 16, 2021WV00Yes
Aug 13, 2021AR00Yes
Aug 6, 2021NC00Yes
Jul 13, 2021IN00Yes
Jul 7, 2021AZ00Yes