Carrier profile · USDOT 1444559 · MC-545976 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

HIGHWAY FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

30 power unitsavg 10.6 yrNational · 21 statesEASTON, PA68/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-545976 ACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 40.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 86 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 6.1 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

79 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 7

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 30-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
30
Inspections · 24 mo
86
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈1.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

42%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
49%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0measure
SMS · per-BASIC
86%
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.

  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance38 · 20 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance37 · 19 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving37 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance32 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 11 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

13ELD device issues
16No log / no ELD
10False logs
4Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 41 total · 2 in 24 mo

41
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261010
20241001
20234014
20221001
20217017
20202222
20192002
20184044
20176016
20161001
20155015
20142002
20131010
20121001
20102012
20071011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 5, 2026TX01No
Dec 5, 2024PA00Yes
Nov 21, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 10, 2023VA00Yes
Sep 7, 2023KY00Yes
May 31, 2023PA01Yes
Dec 24, 2022KY00Yes
Nov 10, 2021PA00Yes
Oct 14, 2021VA00Yes
Sep 21, 2021VA00Yes
Jul 15, 2021TN00Yes
Jun 28, 2021NY03Yes
Feb 20, 2021NJ00Yes
Jan 4, 2021MD00Yes
Aug 14, 2020TN111Yes
Jul 21, 2020PA14Yes
Jun 7, 2019NJ00Yes
Jan 5, 2019AR00Yes
Dec 13, 2018TN01Yes
Oct 21, 2018AR01Yes
May 22, 2018PA01Yes
Feb 4, 2018PA01Yes
Sep 19, 2017TN00Yes
Aug 23, 2017AL00Yes
May 24, 2017TX00Yes