Carrier profile · USDOT 2996146 · MC-21602 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

MEGA TRANS GROUP LLC

97 power unitsavg 3.6 yrNational · 36 statesROMEOVILLE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-21602 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 31.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 88 vehicle and 231 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 12.0 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

225 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Nov '24 · 14

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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 97-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
97
Inspections · 24 mo
231
Annualized
≈116 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
48%
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 Driving114 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 29 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance17 · 3 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 392.82 Using a hand-held mobile phoneUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

48 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

24ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
15False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 13 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
13
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264024
20257157
20245025
20237045
20212012
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 11, 2026LA01Yes
Apr 8, 2026GA01Yes
Apr 8, 2026PA00Yes
Jan 25, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 9, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 1, 2025LA01Yes
Oct 13, 2025NC01Yes
Oct 2, 2025AL00Yes
Jul 21, 2025MA01Yes
Mar 12, 2025IN01Yes
Jan 28, 2025AL12Yes
Nov 19, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 5, 2024KY00Yes
May 30, 2024TN01Yes
Feb 28, 2024VA01Yes
Feb 14, 2024NY00Yes
Nov 4, 2023OR00Yes
Oct 3, 2023PA01No
May 15, 2023NC00Yes
May 9, 2023TX01Yes
Mar 23, 2023MD01No
Feb 21, 2023IA01Yes
Feb 7, 2023AR00Yes
Nov 25, 2021NY02Yes
Feb 27, 2021SC00Yes