Carrier profile · USDOT 2013594 · MC-796862 · Updated Jul 8, 2026

FREIGHTBULL INC

225 power unitsavg 5 yrNational · 45 statesTINLEY PARK, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-796862 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 29.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 157 vehicle and 379 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.1% · 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 11.4 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

373 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 23

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 225-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
225
Inspections · 24 mo
380
Annualized
≈190 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

68%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
73%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
75%
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 Driving164 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance62 · 53 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance50 · 13 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 10 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 11 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

90 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

59ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
9False logs
20Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 75 total · 18 in 24 mo

75
Total crashes
18
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264023
20259038
2024140614
2023130213
20225115
20214004
20207116
20197027
20186016
20172012
20163003
20151011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 11, 2026GA01Yes
Mar 27, 2026FL01No
Feb 23, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 8, 2026IL00Yes
Sep 12, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 13, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 5, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 31, 2025FL00Yes
Jul 26, 2025NC01Yes
Jun 24, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 11, 2025GA01Yes
Apr 3, 2025MO01No
Jan 6, 2025WV00Yes
Dec 30, 2024MS00Yes
Dec 11, 2024IN01Yes
Nov 13, 2024MD00Yes
Oct 19, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 6, 2024FL00Yes
Aug 3, 2024MO00Yes
Jun 13, 2024MN02Yes
Jun 2, 2024ND00Yes
Jun 1, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 1, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 22, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 18, 2024TX01Yes