Carrier profile · USDOT 3449311 · MC-1122483 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ilim Express Inc

235 power unitsavg 2.8 yrNational · 45 statesJOLIET, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1122483 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksilimexpress.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 34.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 210 vehicle and 481 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

34.0% · 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 14.4 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

481 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 67

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 235-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
235
Inspections · 24 mo
481
Annualized
≈241 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

99%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
16%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
90%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
79%
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 Driving177 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance66 · 53 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

38 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

17ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
11False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 30 total · 30 in 24 mo

30
Total crashes
30
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026200719
2025100110
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 21, 2026OK00Yes
Jul 7, 2026WY01Yes
Jun 17, 2026GA00Yes
May 25, 2026AZ00Yes
May 7, 2026NJ00Yes
May 6, 2026LA00Yes
Apr 24, 2026AR01Yes
Mar 28, 2026MT00Yes
Mar 22, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 19, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 19, 2026MS01Yes
Mar 16, 2026NY00Yes
Feb 27, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 26, 2026WA00Yes
Feb 19, 2026GA00Yes
Feb 14, 2026KY01Yes
Jan 29, 2026MO01Yes
Jan 22, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 21, 2026IL01No
Jan 20, 2026AL01Yes
Dec 29, 2025GA00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MN00Yes
Dec 11, 2025IN01Yes
Dec 10, 2025NH00Yes
Nov 29, 2025TN00Yes