Carrier profile · USDOT 742715 · MC-129149 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Hiel Trucking Inc

24 power unitsavg 10.1 yrRegional · 5 statesPRAIRIE CITY, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-129149 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 12 vehicle and 35 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

35 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 24-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
35
Annualized
≈18 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

25%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
53%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
12%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance4 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance3 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.203 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness2 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.25 Lighting device requirementsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

9 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 10, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
4Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 24 total · 2 in 24 mo

24
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252011
20221001
20211001
20202002
20192012
20182002
20171001
20161001
20151001
20142012
20122012
20112102
20083003
20072002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 30, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 4, 2025IL02No
Sep 12, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 10, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 21, 2020IL00Yes
Aug 6, 2020IN00Yes
Aug 12, 2019IN00Yes
Feb 11, 2019IA01Yes
Nov 15, 2018IL00Yes
Oct 26, 2018IL00Yes
Mar 13, 2017IA00Yes
Nov 28, 2016OH00Yes
Feb 25, 2015IA00Yes
Sep 30, 2014IL00Yes
May 14, 2014IA01Yes
Dec 28, 2012IL01Yes
Jun 7, 2012IL00Yes
Oct 20, 2011IL00Yes
Mar 18, 2011IA10Yes
May 21, 2008IL00Yes
Apr 17, 2008IL00Yes
Apr 14, 2008IL00Yes
Dec 10, 2007IN00Yes
Oct 23, 2007IN00Yes