Carrier profile · USDOT 2945627 · MC-996983 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Four Ways Cargo Inc

90 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 40 statesLEMONT, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-996983 ACTIVE
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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 42.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 118 vehicle and 285 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 16.8 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

278 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 19

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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 90-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
90
Inspections · 24 mo
285
Annualized
≈143 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
65%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
87%
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 Driving166 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance64 · 46 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance45 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 7 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

46 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 21, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 46 total · 19 in 24 mo

46
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
10
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20268018
20257117
20248038
20235015
20225005
20214014
20202002
20193003
20182022
20172012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026KY00Yes
May 21, 2026GA01Yes
May 15, 2026VA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026IA00Yes
Apr 21, 2026LA00Yes
Jan 31, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 30, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 22, 2026TN00Yes
Nov 28, 2025GA01Yes
Nov 3, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 31, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 3, 2025DE00Yes
Sep 23, 2025OH00Yes
Sep 17, 2025WI20Yes
Mar 12, 2025GA00Yes
Nov 22, 2024IL01Yes
Oct 1, 2024MI00Yes
Sep 26, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 25, 2024VA01Yes
Jun 19, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 16, 2024WI00Yes
May 3, 2024AL02Yes
Apr 1, 2024NY00Yes
Nov 9, 2023NC00Yes
Nov 2, 2023TN00Yes