Carrier profile · USDOT 3689437 · MC-1286521 · Updated Aug 4, 2026

Deadhead Trucking LLC

276 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 41 statesAURORA, IL56/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1286521 ACTIVE
Verified linksdeadheadtruckingllc.comFMCSA SAFER

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 40.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 102 vehicle and 239 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

42.4% · 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 26.5 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

234 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 21

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
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 276-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
276
Inspections · 24 mo
239
Annualized
≈120 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

89%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
85%
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 Driving143 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance69 · 19 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance45 · 35 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance14 · 10 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

40 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

26ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
4False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 20 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267036
202510039
20248128
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026WA00Yes
May 1, 2026CT00Yes
Apr 26, 2026WY00Yes
Apr 10, 2026MD01Yes
Mar 1, 2026KY02No
Feb 15, 2026GA01Yes
Jan 17, 2026GA00Yes
Dec 10, 2025MD00Yes
Nov 25, 2025ND00Yes
Sep 7, 2025FL01No
Aug 15, 2025AL01Yes
Aug 14, 2025NY02Yes
Aug 3, 2025SC00Yes
Jul 6, 2025NY00Yes
Jun 14, 2025TX00Yes
Apr 17, 2025NC00Yes
Feb 27, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 7, 2024GA00Yes
Oct 15, 2024MO10Yes
Aug 30, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 22, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 24, 2024OR00Yes
Jun 11, 2024KY00Yes
Jan 22, 2024IL01Yes
Jan 22, 2024IL01Yes