Carrier profile · USDOT 1432772 · MC-603660 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

Ed Lewis Trucking Inc

179 power unitsavg 4.9 yrMulti-region · 11 statesFLORA, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-603660 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 25.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 95 vehicle and 294 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.7% · 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 17.6 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

290 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 27

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 179-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
179
Inspections · 24 mo
294
Annualized
≈147 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
47%
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 Driving81 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 28 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
4False logs
7Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 72 total · 14 in 24 mo

72
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20259058
20245105
20237046
20224014
2021100310
20205014
20196026
20186016
20173013
20166026
20152022
20141001
20121001
20111001
20101011
20091001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 12, 2026IN00Yes
May 19, 2026AL01Yes
Mar 26, 2026KY00Yes
Mar 9, 2026AL00Yes
Nov 17, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 17, 2025AL01No
Oct 7, 2025AL00Yes
Aug 19, 2025OH02Yes
Jul 18, 2025AL01Yes
May 30, 2025KY00Yes
May 6, 2025KY02Yes
Apr 3, 2025AL00Yes
Mar 16, 2025OH01Yes
Sep 18, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 9, 2024TN00Yes
Jun 19, 2024KY10Yes
Apr 18, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 15, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 5, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 29, 2023IN01Yes
Jul 24, 2023AL07Yes
Jul 18, 2023TN02Yes
Apr 5, 2023TN00Yes
Mar 16, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 15, 2023IL01No