Carrier profile · USDOT 536784 · MC-300913 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Martin Cartage & Express Inc

21 power unitsavg 12.6 yrLocal · 2 statesWOOD DALE, IL82/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-300913 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 0.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 20.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 3 vehicle and 5 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

0.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Aug '25 · 2

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 21-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
21
Inspections · 24 mo
5
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

3%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
17%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
0violations
clean · per-BASIC

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 Driving3 · 0 OOS
  • 391.41 No / expired medical certificateDriver Fitness1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 10 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 26 total · 2 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20231001
20222011
20182002
20171001
20161001
20152002
20132012
20122002
20083022
20061001
20053003
20041001
20031010
20002021
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 31, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 10, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 16, 2023IL00Yes
Jun 30, 2022IL00Yes
May 24, 2022IL01No
May 25, 2018IL00Yes
Jan 30, 2018IL00Yes
Aug 15, 2017IL00Yes
Jul 2, 2016IL00Yes
Nov 2, 2015IL00Yes
Jun 15, 2015IL00Yes
Nov 27, 2013IL01Yes
Nov 2, 2013IL00Yes
Nov 6, 2012IL00Yes
Jun 29, 2012IL00Yes
Nov 6, 2008IL01No
Oct 2, 2008WI00Yes
Aug 28, 2008WI01Yes
Jun 5, 2006IL00Yes
Oct 17, 2005IL00Yes
Jun 21, 2005IL00Yes
Mar 17, 2005IL00Yes
Aug 19, 2004IL00Yes
Apr 17, 2003GA01No
Nov 13, 2000IL03Yes