Carrier profile · USDOT 1196617 · MC-475236 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

INTER FREIGHT INC

77 power unitsavg 7.6 yrNational · 40 statesGARY, IN81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-475236 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY

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 32.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 102 vehicle and 182 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.2% · 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 5.1 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

178 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 16

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
1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 77-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
77
Inspections · 24 mo
182
Annualized
91 / yr
Coverage
1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
9%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
38%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
76%
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 Driving102 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance47 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance42 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 24 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance30 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 17 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

7ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 68 total · 4 in 24 mo

68
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
20
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252002
20241011
20238117
20224004
20217017
20209059
20195005
20183013
20171011
20163003
20154024
20141010
20134014
20123103
20113013
20104024
20091001
20071011
20051001
20041011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026PA01Yes
Mar 24, 2026TX00Yes
Dec 22, 2025OH00Yes
Oct 6, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 3, 2024NY01Yes
Dec 8, 2023MA00Yes
Sep 27, 2023NJ00Yes
Jul 28, 2023MO10Yes
Jul 16, 2023IA00Yes
May 23, 2023CT00Yes
Apr 10, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 28, 2023MA00Yes
Feb 16, 2023KY01No
Dec 23, 2022KY00Yes
Nov 16, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 11, 2022FL00Yes
Sep 23, 2022NC00Yes
Dec 6, 2021MA01Yes
Jul 7, 2021NE00Yes
May 16, 2021MA00Yes
May 12, 2021OH00Yes
Apr 30, 2021VA00Yes
Apr 12, 2021MS00Yes
Jan 28, 2021NY00Yes
Dec 13, 2020KS01Yes