Carrier profile · USDOT 3648480 · MC-1256668 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

EMPIRE FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

7 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 36 statesVILLA PARK, IL80/100
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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 46.5%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 — 43 vehicle and 91 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

46.2% · 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 6.5 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

87 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 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
≈6.5 / 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
7
Inspections · 24 mo
91
Annualized
≈46 / yr
Coverage
≈6.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
61%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
82%
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 Driving61 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 2 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

44 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

34ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9 total · 6 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264014
20252002
20233013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 25, 2026WV01Yes
Feb 18, 2026LA00Yes
Feb 10, 2026OR00Yes
Jan 11, 2026VA00Yes
Dec 18, 2025GA00Yes
Apr 13, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 25, 2023NY00Yes
Oct 12, 2023MO00Yes
Jun 5, 2023UT01Yes