Carrier profile · USDOT 3248332 · MC-1021731 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

IDS TRANSPORTATION INC

68 power unitsavg 5.6 yrNational · 41 statesPALATINE, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1021731 ACTIVE
Verified linksidstrans.comFMCSA SAFER

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 16.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 166 vehicle and 372 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.7% · 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 28.5 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

368 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 40

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
68
Inspections · 24 mo
372
Annualized
≈186 / yr
Coverage
≈2.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

98%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.03measure
SMS · per-BASIC
41%
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 Driving135 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance30 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 23 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

63 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 11, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
24False logs
5Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 17 total · 13 in 24 mo

17
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
202511158
20242012
20232002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 7, 2026OK00Yes
Jan 10, 2026ND00Yes
Dec 7, 2025ND03No
Dec 4, 2025KS00Yes
Dec 2, 2025PA00Yes
Oct 28, 2025GA02Yes
Oct 22, 2025KS01No
Aug 9, 2025OH10Yes
Aug 8, 2025TX01No
Jul 22, 2025MD00Yes
May 20, 2025MO01Yes
May 1, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 16, 2025MO00Yes
Jun 2, 2024TX01Yes
May 10, 2024WI00Yes
Dec 7, 2023VA00Yes
Oct 31, 2023NJ00Yes