Carrier profile · USDOT 76784 · MC-86779 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Illinois Central Railroad Co

125 power unitsavg 9.3 yrMulti-region · 9 statesHARVEY, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-86779 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 23.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 17 vehicle and 27 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 3.1 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

26 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 125-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
125
Inspections · 24 mo
27
Annualized
≈14 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

5%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
25%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
16%
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.519 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance2 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.43 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

0ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Crash history· 32 total · 4 in 24 mo

32
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252022
20211011
20201001
20181001
20172112
20165025
20151011
20142002
20132002
20121001
20101001
20092022
20081111
20072012
20051101
20042011
20031011
19931001
19921001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 29, 2026IL01Yes
Feb 13, 2026IL00Yes
Oct 15, 2025IL02Yes
Jan 8, 2025IN01Yes
Nov 4, 2021MS02Yes
Feb 13, 2020IL00Yes
Sep 22, 2018IL00Yes
Jul 26, 2017IL10Yes
May 9, 2017MS02Yes
Oct 7, 2016LA00Yes
Oct 6, 2016LA02Yes
Jul 29, 2016IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2016MS00Yes
Jan 3, 2016LA01Yes
Apr 14, 2015LA01Yes
Dec 17, 2014KY00Yes
Jun 3, 2014LA00Yes
Feb 27, 2013IL00Yes
Feb 3, 2013IL00Yes
Oct 1, 2012IL00Yes
Jul 9, 2010MS00Yes
Sep 19, 2009TN01Yes
May 8, 2009IL01Yes
Nov 14, 2008AL11Yes
Oct 8, 2007MI00Yes