Carrier profile · USDOT 2377196 · MC-816113 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

FOX FREIGHT INC

88 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 41 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-816113 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 30.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 130 vehicle and 303 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

30.3% · 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

290 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 17

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
≈1.7 / 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
88
Inspections · 24 mo
303
Annualized
≈152 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
59%
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 Driving131 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 48 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance21 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

66 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 4, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

51ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
4False logs
3Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 67 total · 16 in 24 mo

67
Total crashes
16
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
17
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20258117
20248027
20237007
20227117
2021101210
20204014
20195025
20184024
20173013
20161011
20153003
20133022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 5, 2026OK00Yes
Jun 2, 2026VA01Yes
Mar 27, 2026WI01Yes
Mar 25, 2026PA00Yes
Sep 23, 2025NC00Yes
Aug 6, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 24, 2025NC00Yes
Jun 24, 2025SC10Yes
May 28, 2025TX02No
May 13, 2025VA00Yes
May 10, 2025WV00Yes
May 3, 2025VA00Yes
Nov 23, 2024OK00Yes
Nov 4, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 8, 2024FL00Yes
Sep 12, 2024OH01Yes
May 14, 2024TX01No
May 1, 2024MO00Yes
Apr 17, 2024WI00Yes
Jan 19, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 18, 2023MD00Yes
Nov 29, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 22, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 12, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 9, 2023NY00Yes