Carrier profile · USDOT 1378508 · MC-588229 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HG Freight Inc

32 power unitsavg 12.6 yrMulti-region · 12 statesN MIAMI, FL75/100
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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 28.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 14.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 32 vehicle and 88 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 4.4 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

84 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 8

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
≈1.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 32-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
88
Annualized
≈44 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
90%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
70%
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.

  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance44 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance24 · 11 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance21 · 6 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 4 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

143 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 24, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

94ELD device issues
6No log / no ELD
7False logs
20Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 41 total · 9 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20255015
20247047
20234024
20223003
20212012
20201001
20191001
20181001
20179029
20153012
20141001
20132012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 11, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 28, 2026IL00Yes
Sep 23, 2025IN00Yes
Aug 23, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 4, 2025MO01Yes
Feb 27, 2025FL00Yes
Feb 20, 2025GA00Yes
Oct 29, 2024FL04Yes
Oct 17, 2024KS01Yes
Jun 30, 2024KY00Yes
Jun 26, 2024GA01Yes
Jun 11, 2024IN00Yes
Apr 22, 2024IN00Yes
Jan 26, 2024GA01Yes
Jul 11, 2023GA00Yes
Jun 6, 2023IN01Yes
Mar 20, 2023MO00Yes
Feb 18, 2023FL01Yes
Aug 9, 2022KY00Yes
Apr 26, 2022FL00Yes
Feb 18, 2022MO00Yes
Jan 27, 2021IL00Yes
Jan 20, 2021IL01Yes
Aug 10, 2020IL00Yes
Jul 2, 2019MO00Yes