Carrier profile · USDOT 1538326 · MC-572473 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MAINFREIGHT INC

311 power unitsavg 5.9 yrNational · 31 statesCAROL STREAM, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-572473 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 15.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 289 vehicle and 431 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

14.3% · 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

431 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 311-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
311
Inspections · 24 mo
454
Annualized
≈227 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

29%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
42%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving187 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance105 · 11 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance46 · 15 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 14 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance36 · 16 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 26 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance18 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

82 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 7, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

36ELD device issues
17No log / no ELD
23False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 11 total · 8 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20252012
20245135
20231011
20221011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 27, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 16, 2026OK00Yes
Dec 24, 2025FL01Yes
May 23, 2025TX00Yes
Dec 3, 2024TX01Yes
Nov 13, 2024FL00Yes
Oct 11, 2024CA00Yes
Sep 30, 2024FL02Yes
Jan 13, 2024IL11Yes
Sep 2, 2023VA01Yes
Jul 7, 2022CA01Yes