Carrier profile · USDOT 3283188 · MC-1038362 · Updated Jul 19, 2026

LEADER FREIGHT SYSTEMS INC

5 power unitsavg 5.5 yrNational · 36 statesINDIANAPOLIS, IN74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1038362 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 34.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 86 vehicle and 197 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 10.1 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

165 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 54

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
≈19.7 / 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
5
Inspections · 24 mo
197
Annualized
≈99 / yr
Coverage
≈19.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
80%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
51%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
72%
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 Driving246 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance116 · 28 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance55 · 41 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance40 · 14 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance34 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance30 · 17 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance22 · 5 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

75ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
10False logs
9Drove over hours

15 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 37 total · 14 in 24 mo

37
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253012
2024170816
2023141114
20221001
20212012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Sep 17, 2025WV00Yes
Jun 9, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 27, 2025IL01No
Dec 18, 2024LA00Yes
Dec 11, 2024ME00Yes
Nov 20, 2024MD01No
Nov 2, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 21, 2024VA00Yes
Oct 3, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 25, 2024PA01Yes
Sep 11, 2024OH02Yes
Aug 31, 2024CA01Yes
Aug 26, 2024NY01Yes
Aug 22, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 25, 2024GA00Yes
Apr 18, 2024FL01Yes
Mar 24, 2024TX00Yes
Mar 9, 2024KY00Yes
Jan 31, 2024TX00Yes
Jan 2, 2024NJ00Yes
Dec 28, 2023NJ00Yes
Dec 15, 2023IL10Yes
Nov 28, 2023MI00Yes
Nov 4, 2023IN01Yes
Oct 29, 2023TX00Yes