Carrier profile · USDOT 1974786 · MC-698542 · Updated Aug 7, 2026

FREIGHT ZONE TRANSPORTATION LLC

49 power unitsavg 6.8 yrNational · 33 statesDECATUR, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-698542 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 27.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 63 vehicle and 129 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.7% · 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 4.8 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

125 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 9

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 49-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
49
Inspections · 24 mo
129
Annualized
≈65 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
11%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving42 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance21 · 17 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance15 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 3 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 23, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
7No log / no ELD
4False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 44 total · 9 in 24 mo

44
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255035
20245015
20233023
20224024
20211001
20206046
20191001
20185034
20171011
20163103
20143023
20131001
20123013
20111011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 17, 2026NE00Yes
Jan 25, 2026MO00Yes
Oct 26, 2025AL02Yes
Oct 3, 2025NC00Yes
Jul 15, 2025AL00Yes
Jun 23, 2025SC01Yes
Jun 10, 2025SC01Yes
Nov 10, 2024GA02Yes
Oct 17, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 9, 2024TN00Yes
Jun 11, 2024MO00Yes
Mar 25, 2024SD00Yes
Dec 12, 2023AZ01Yes
Jul 21, 2023AL01Yes
Jan 11, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 5, 2022TN00Yes
Oct 10, 2022KY01Yes
Mar 22, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 14, 2022ME01Yes
Jan 27, 2021TX00Yes
Dec 10, 2020WA00Yes
Nov 5, 2020AL00Yes
Sep 2, 2020GA02Yes
Jul 17, 2020GA01Yes
Jun 25, 2020SC01Yes