Carrier profile · USDOT 2131061 · MC-742270 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FIRST CLASS CARRIERS INC

44 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 34 statesCAROL STREAM, IL94/100
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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 7.6%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 — 66 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

5.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

137 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '25 · 12

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
≈1.6 / 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
44
Inspections · 24 mo
143
Annualized
≈72 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
55%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving45 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

26 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 27, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 60% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 7 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20253003
20242002
20231011
20221001
20213013
20202012
20193013
20173013
20168027
20152002
20146025
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 17, 2026IL01Yes
Apr 6, 2026IN01Yes
Nov 11, 2025GA00Yes
Sep 6, 2025MO00Yes
Mar 19, 2025IA00Yes
Nov 30, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 3, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 11, 2023IL01Yes
Mar 6, 2022WY00Yes
Nov 15, 2021OH02Yes
Apr 16, 2021MO00Yes
Jan 13, 2021MO00Yes
Dec 29, 2020IA00Yes
Sep 10, 2020TN01Yes
Dec 6, 2019WI00Yes
Jun 6, 2019MN01Yes
Mar 9, 2019KY00Yes
Aug 31, 2017GA00Yes
May 20, 2017TX01Yes
Feb 10, 2017KS00Yes
Oct 21, 2016IN00Yes
Sep 15, 2016KS00Yes
Mar 30, 2016IL00Yes
Mar 24, 2016MI01No
Mar 11, 2016FL00Yes