Carrier profile · USDOT 2861789 · MC-959071 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FREIGHT WAY LOGISTICS LLC

23 power unitsavg 8.8 yrNational · 28 statesCRESTWOOD, 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 26.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 46 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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 15.2 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 7

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
23
Inspections · 24 mo
84
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

75%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
78%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
4%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
5%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
72%
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.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 3 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

25 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
6False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 10 total · 2 in 24 mo

10
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20242002
20231001
20221001
20212022
20201001
20191001
20171011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 18, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 27, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 2, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 26, 2023MO00Yes
Oct 1, 2022WV00Yes
Mar 24, 2021IL02Yes
Jan 27, 2021FL01Yes
May 22, 2020IN00Yes
Dec 15, 2019KS00Yes
Oct 31, 2017OH01Yes