Carrier profile · USDOT 1842709 · MC-750921 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

MATRIX INC

68 power unitsavg 11 yrNational · 32 statesHOFFMAN ESTATES, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-750921 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksmatrixtrucks.comFMCSA SAFER

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 7.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 105 vehicle and 164 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

9.5% · 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 11.0 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

158 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 13

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 68-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
68
Inspections · 24 mo
164
Annualized
≈82 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-08-01

67%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
16%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
3%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
30%
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 Driving41 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance15 · 10 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 5 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance11 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 33 total · 4 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252002
20245115
20235124
20223003
20213023
20204013
20194123
20181001
20173003
20162102
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 13, 2025IN00Yes
Jun 16, 2025KY00Yes
Nov 15, 2024KY00Yes
Oct 5, 2024IN00Yes
Jul 27, 2024IL10Yes
May 15, 2024OH01Yes
Feb 14, 2024IN00Yes
Sep 15, 2023KS11Yes
Jun 16, 2023PA01No
Mar 11, 2023IN00Yes
Feb 16, 2023PA00Yes
Jan 9, 2023WI00Yes
Nov 7, 2022CA00Yes
Oct 12, 2022GA00Yes
Jul 1, 2022TX00Yes
Dec 24, 2021IL01Yes
Sep 14, 2021MO00Yes
Jun 16, 2021TX02Yes
Sep 9, 2020GA00Yes
Aug 6, 2020IN00Yes
May 7, 2020OH00Yes
Feb 26, 2020OH02No
Dec 18, 2019IL00Yes
Nov 19, 2019AR33Yes
Jun 27, 2019VA00Yes