Carrier profile · USDOT 1499162 · MC-573203 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Etchberger Trucking Inc

9 power unitsavg 8.1 yrRegional · 7 statesFREEPORT, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-573203 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksetchbergertrucking.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 17.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 26 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 17.1 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 9-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
9
Inspections · 24 mo
26
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving19 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

10 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
2Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 24 total · 4 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20242021
20232022
20214014
20201011
20192012
20182011
20161001
20151001
20143023
20121011
20112021
20101011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 3, 2025WV00Yes
Mar 31, 2025IA00Yes
Dec 19, 2024NC01Yes
Sep 10, 2024FL01No
Nov 30, 2023OH01Yes
Mar 10, 2023IN03Yes
Dec 11, 2021MN00Yes
Dec 8, 2021GA00Yes
Dec 2, 2021IN00Yes
May 28, 2021IN01Yes
Dec 27, 2020NM01Yes
Nov 1, 2019MI00Yes
Oct 9, 2019OH04Yes
Oct 15, 2018TX01No
Aug 15, 2018IA00Yes
Dec 28, 2016IN00Yes
Jan 13, 2015IL00Yes
Oct 23, 2014IL01Yes
Mar 4, 2014IL00Yes
Jan 23, 2014IL01Yes
Jan 6, 2012GA01Yes
Jul 24, 2011IL01Yes
May 17, 2011IL01No
Jan 13, 2010MO05Yes