Carrier profile · USDOT 2611640 · MC-913558 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

FIRST TRANSPORTATION LLC

75 power unitsavg 3.7 yrNational · 40 statesNAPERVILLE, IL87/100
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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 25.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 124 vehicle and 273 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.1% · 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 7.3 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

262 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 20

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
≈1.8 / 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
75
Inspections · 24 mo
273
Annualized
≈137 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
35%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving107 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 27 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance22 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance17 · 7 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance12 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 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.

13ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 69% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 10 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254014
20243022
20234023
20224024
20204034
20182022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 27, 2026IN01Yes
Jan 26, 2026TN00Yes
Jan 23, 2026AL00Yes
Oct 27, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 21, 2025IL01Yes
Apr 6, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 29, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 19, 2024MN00Yes
Nov 5, 2024IL01No
Sep 17, 2024MN01Yes
Dec 21, 2023SC00Yes
Sep 5, 2023FL01No
Jun 18, 2023GA01Yes
Jun 12, 2023TX00Yes
Nov 19, 2022FL01Yes
Nov 17, 2022MO00Yes
Sep 22, 2022VA00Yes
Aug 8, 2022IL01Yes
Jul 8, 2020PA08Yes
May 3, 2020NE01Yes
Mar 13, 2020AZ00Yes
Mar 8, 2020IA01Yes
Aug 24, 2018IL01Yes
Jul 24, 2018IL01Yes