Carrier profile · USDOT 316568 · MC-228564 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Grothaus Trucking Co

6 power unitsavg 8.3 yrLocal · 2 statesPLAINVIEW, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-228564 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT

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 33.3%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 10 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 33.3 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

10 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 3

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 6-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.

Registered power units: 6
Inspections · 24 mo: 10
Annualized: ≈5 / yr
Coverage: ≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%

Unsafe Driving

Vektor peer est.

Hours-of-Service

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Driver Fitness

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Controlled Substances

0violations

clean · per-BASIC

Vehicle Maintenance

4measure

SMS · per-BASIC

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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
107.620 Other violationOther1 · 0 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 15 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 19 total · 1 in 24 mo

Total crashes

In last 24 mo

Fatal

Injury

Year	Crashes	Fatal	Injury	Tow
2026	1	0	1	1
2021	1	0	0	1
2020	2	0	1	2
2019	3	0	0	3
2018	1	0	1	1
2012	1	1	1	0
2011	1	0	1	0
2009	2	0	1	1
2008	1	0	0	1
2007	1	0	0	1
2006	1	0	1	1
2003	1	0	0	1
2002	1	0	0	1
2000	1	0	1	1
1999	1	0	0	1

Date	State	Fatalities	Injuries	Tow-away
Feb 16, 2026	IL	0	1	Yes
Dec 16, 2021	IL	0	0	Yes
Apr 6, 2020	IL	0	0	Yes
Feb 6, 2020	IL	0	2	Yes
Sep 19, 2019	OH	0	0	Yes
May 31, 2019	IL	0	0	Yes
Feb 11, 2019	IL	0	0	Yes
Aug 16, 2018	IL	0	1	Yes
Jan 12, 2012	IL	1	1	No
May 9, 2011	IL	0	1	No
May 27, 2009	IL	0	0	Yes
Mar 11, 2009	IL	0	1	No
Dec 23, 2008	MO	0	0	Yes
Oct 17, 2007	MO	0	0	Yes
Jun 23, 2006	IL	0	1	Yes
Oct 18, 2003	IL	0	0	Yes
Jul 2, 2002	IL	0	0	Yes
Dec 19, 2000	IL	0	2	Yes
Sep 22, 1999	IL	0	0	Yes