Carrier profile · USDOT 1002211 · MC-576222 · Updated Jul 3, 2026

FIRST TRANSIT INC

0 power unitsavg 6.6 yrMulti-region · 13 statesLOMBARD, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-576222 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 2.7%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 674 vehicle and 115 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 2.3 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

633 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 91

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.

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
official FMCSA
1%
Vehicle Maintenance
official FMCSA

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.

  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving41 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 12 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 393.62 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 19, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 1,712 total · 158 in 24 mo

1,712
Total crashes
158
In last 24 mo
23
Fatal
691
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264202733
20258915169
20248433663
20239112479
2022151352131
2021127146112
202010124088
201911713998
2018128143118
20178403667
20169814774
20157322961
20145002342
20135601950
20127402765
20116113248
20106513253
20098133669
20082501223
20073111025
2006150713
2005210719
2004320928
200311159
20025025
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 22, 2026AZ00Yes
Jul 14, 2026MN01Yes
Jul 2, 2026NV04Yes
Jul 1, 2026MN01Yes
Jun 27, 2026NV01Yes
Jun 20, 2026CO01Yes
Jun 16, 2026TX01No
Jun 14, 2026TX00Yes
Jun 9, 2026MN02Yes
Jun 7, 2026TX05Yes
Jun 2, 2026NV02Yes
May 27, 2026NV00Yes
May 22, 2026CT01No
May 18, 2026TX01No
May 14, 2026WI00Yes
May 5, 2026CA01No
May 3, 2026MN00Yes
Apr 29, 2026TX03No
Apr 28, 2026MO01No
Apr 23, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 20, 2026CT02Yes
Apr 17, 2026CT01Yes
Apr 8, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 7, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 4, 2026AZ01Yes