Carrier profile · USDOT 76376 · MC-1603296 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HARTWIG TRANSIT INC

68 power unitsavg 9.4 yrMulti-region · 8 statesSCHAUMBURG, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1603296 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 18.9%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 — 37 vehicle and 71 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 1.5 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

63 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 68-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
68
Inspections · 24 mo
71
Annualized
≈36 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

10%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
20%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
61%
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 Driving24 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance7 · 5 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

7 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 9, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 231 total · 2 in 24 mo

231
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
8
Fatal
89
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20246016
20233013
20224004
20216026
20202002
20197237
20183023
20177017
2016140614
2015110411
20149129
20137046
20126016
201110019
2010131513
20094004
20089038
20078167
20068038
20055025
20045015
20036046
20029049
20018048
2000131512
19998047
19985025
19975005
19968166
19951011
19947037
19937055
19922112
19913013
19901001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 2, 2025OH01Yes
Oct 13, 2024IL00Yes
May 16, 2024OH01Yes
May 7, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 28, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 10, 2024WI00Yes
Feb 17, 2024OH00Yes
Dec 12, 2023IA00Yes
Nov 18, 2023GA00Yes
Jan 27, 2023WI01Yes
Nov 3, 2022IA00Yes
Apr 10, 2022IN00Yes
Apr 4, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 22, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 13, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 11, 2021NY01Yes
Apr 30, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 21, 2021WI01Yes
Mar 15, 2021WI00Yes
Jan 1, 2021IL00Yes
Nov 7, 2020IL00Yes
Jun 21, 2020IL00Yes
Nov 12, 2019IL13Yes
Oct 2, 2019IA00Yes
Sep 26, 2019IL12Yes