Carrier profile · USDOT 3218419 · MC-1006688 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

LUCKY WHEELS LLC

145 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 45 statesMT PROSPECT, IL82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1006688 ACTIVE
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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 18.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 259 vehicle and 493 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

19.3% · 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 4.7 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

477 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '25 · 34

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
≈1.7 / 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
145
Inspections · 24 mo
493
Annualized
≈247 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

86%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
84%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
75%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
88%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
59%
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 Driving166 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance76 · 28 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance70 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance64 · 47 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance26 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance26 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance24 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance18 · 10 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

173 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

86ELD device issues
11No log / no ELD
54False logs
7Drove over hours

Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 43 total · 20 in 24 mo

43
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264004
2025131412
20247017
20235015
2022110211
20212012
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 9, 2026MI00Yes
May 18, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 26, 2026OK00Yes
Feb 24, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 15, 2025NV01No
Oct 29, 2025MN00Yes
Oct 26, 2025NY01Yes
Oct 4, 2025TX01Yes
Aug 26, 2025CA00Yes
Jul 10, 2025WI01Yes
Jul 3, 2025WV00Yes
Jun 20, 2025IL00Yes
May 21, 2025GA10Yes
May 6, 2025CA00Yes
May 3, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 24, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 1, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 27, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 24, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 7, 2024FL00Yes
Jul 22, 2024WA00Yes
Jul 15, 2024SC00Yes
May 6, 2024UT01Yes
Mar 16, 2024AL00Yes
Dec 23, 2023OH01Yes