Carrier profile · USDOT 2369131 · MC-849942 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Elma Transport Inc

26 power unitsavg 8.6 yrNational · 20 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-849942 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 31.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 39 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 46.3 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

39 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 4

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 26-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
26
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
39%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
38%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
74%
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 Driving27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 26 total · 7 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262021
20252002
20245025
20232012
20225025
20214014
20206016
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 20, 2026FL01Yes
Jan 16, 2026TN02No
Feb 26, 2025NJ00Yes
Jan 22, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 11, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 23, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 22, 2024PA01Yes
Apr 2, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 12, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 14, 2023PA00Yes
Jul 9, 2023FL03Yes
Aug 15, 2022NC00Yes
Aug 8, 2022PA00Yes
Jul 1, 2022IL02Yes
Mar 9, 2022DE01Yes
Jan 12, 2022VA00Yes
Oct 24, 2021FL01Yes
Sep 30, 2021VA00Yes
Aug 18, 2021TN00Yes
Jun 20, 2021AZ00Yes
Dec 21, 2020IN00Yes
Nov 9, 2020SC00Yes
Aug 24, 2020MD00Yes
Apr 13, 2020OH00Yes
Apr 3, 2020FL02Yes