Carrier profile · USDOT 2406692 · MC-828042 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Handy Transportation Inc

99 power unitsavg 3.1 yrNational · 41 statesPLAINFIELD, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-828042 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 17.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 114 vehicle and 251 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.6% · 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 7.4 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

241 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 18

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 99-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
99
Inspections · 24 mo
251
Annualized
≈126 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
46%
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 Driving76 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance23 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance11 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

11ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
22False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 82% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 9 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20256026
20244014
20201011
20191011
20185005
20171011
20162012
20151011
20143003
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 15, 2025KY00Yes
Jun 5, 2025IN00Yes
Apr 25, 2025OK00Yes
Apr 21, 2025CA02Yes
Mar 14, 2025AL01Yes
Feb 2, 2025CA00Yes
Oct 28, 2024MO01Yes
Aug 25, 2024UT00Yes
Aug 19, 2024MD00Yes
May 30, 2024PA00Yes
Dec 8, 2020WV01Yes
Feb 13, 2019AL02Yes
Jun 28, 2018OH00Yes
May 30, 2018OH00Yes
Mar 5, 2018IL00Yes
Feb 14, 2018IN00Yes
Feb 1, 2018IN00Yes
May 16, 2017IL02Yes
Dec 23, 2016NM01Yes
Apr 20, 2016PA00Yes
Nov 29, 2015PA02Yes
Nov 23, 2014IA00Yes
Oct 20, 2014OH00Yes
Mar 17, 2014IL00Yes