Carrier profile · USDOT 146355 · MC-144071 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

J a Frate Inc

102 power unitsavg 10 yrRegional · 3 statesCRYSTAL LAKE, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-144071 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 12.5%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 — 16 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

12.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

25 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 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 102-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
102
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

2%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
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 Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 393.86 Rear impact guard / bumperVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 40 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 67 total · 4 in 24 mo

67
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
24
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20254124
20241001
20222002
20213003
20203013
20191001
20185025
20174014
20161001
20152002
20142002
20122012
20112022
20081011
20071001
20062002
20053013
20045005
20031001
20014224
20002012
19996026
19982022
19971011
19962012
19952012
19942022
19921010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 12, 2025WI11Yes
Sep 19, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 21, 2025IL01Yes
Feb 14, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 19, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 8, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 21, 2022WI00Yes
Sep 20, 2021IL00Yes
May 26, 2021IL00Yes
Mar 1, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 30, 2020IL01Yes
Aug 31, 2020IL00Yes
Aug 24, 2020WI00Yes
Jan 23, 2019IL00Yes
Jun 19, 2018IL00Yes
May 11, 2018IL01Yes
Feb 16, 2018IL00Yes
Feb 5, 2018IL00Yes
Jan 8, 2018IL02Yes
Sep 11, 2017IL00Yes
Jul 7, 2017IL00Yes
Jun 7, 2017IL01Yes
Jan 6, 2017IL00Yes
Apr 22, 2016IL00Yes
Apr 30, 2015WI00Yes