Carrier profile · USDOT 1257876 · MC-491945 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

DELTA FREIGHT SYSTEMS LLC

148 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 34 statesDES PLAINES, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-491945 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksdeltafreightsystems.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 37.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 93 vehicle and 202 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 4.3 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

196 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 14

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 148-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
148
Inspections · 24 mo
202
Annualized
≈101 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
54%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.08measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving84 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 40 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

35 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
7False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 72 total · 13 in 24 mo

72
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
19
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
20256024
20245015
20235125
20223003
20213013
20205035
20193003
20182012
20174004
20164034
20158008
20144024
20135015
20127027
20113003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 19, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 29, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 10, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 27, 2026TN01Yes
Jan 12, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 11, 2025WI01No
Oct 13, 2025MI00Yes
Aug 27, 2025IL01No
Jul 22, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 17, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 4, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 3, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 1, 2024IL02Yes
Apr 11, 2024IL00Yes
Mar 23, 2024PA00Yes
Mar 21, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 30, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 25, 2023TN01Yes
May 15, 2023FL00Yes
Mar 14, 2023TN00Yes
Feb 14, 2023TN12Yes
Jul 21, 2022FL00Yes
Jun 9, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 17, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 27, 2021TN00Yes