Carrier profile · USDOT 1644430 · MC-605675 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Free Style Trucking Inc

79 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 35 statesBLUE ISLAND, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-605675 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 23.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 77 vehicle and 151 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.0% · 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 10.7 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

149 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 14

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 79-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
79
Inspections · 24 mo
151
Annualized
≈76 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
47%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
58%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
42%
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 Driving54 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther6 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 3 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

21 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 19, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
7False logs
1Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 44 total · 8 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20255034
20243022
20235005
20221011
20215015
20202102
20194024
20184023
20174004
20161001
20152012
20141001
20121011
20111001
20092012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 25, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 19, 2026IN02Yes
Feb 11, 2026IL02Yes
Oct 22, 2025GA02Yes
Oct 1, 2025AR01Yes
Sep 30, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 16, 2025KY01No
Feb 11, 2025UT00Yes
Jun 5, 2024WI01Yes
May 18, 2024NE01No
May 7, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 28, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 22, 2023VA00Yes
Feb 21, 2023MT00Yes
Jan 30, 2023AR00Yes
Jan 18, 2023MN00Yes
Jun 18, 2022IN01Yes
Dec 31, 2021FL01Yes
Nov 3, 2021IL00Yes
Oct 12, 2021WA00Yes
Jun 28, 2021OR00Yes
Feb 28, 2021LA00Yes
Nov 14, 2020AL10Yes
Jun 10, 2020LA00Yes
Jun 27, 2019MO00Yes