Carrier profile · USDOT 1330321 · MC-566381 · Updated Jun 19, 2026

MERX GLOBAL INC

145 power unitsavg 6.4 yrNational · 31 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-566381 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 16.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 136 vehicle and 217 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

17.4% · 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 8.9 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

203 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 17

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 145-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
145
Inspections · 24 mo
217
Annualized
≈109 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

72%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving88 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 25 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance37 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance27 · 9 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

61 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 2, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

41ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
8False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 94 total · 11 in 24 mo

94
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
30
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20264124
20253003
20249169
20235025
2022120312
2021120112
20205005
2019100310
2018101310
20175025
20165005
20153013
20132022
20124034
20112011
20101001
20081011
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 19, 2026IN01Yes
Feb 27, 2026SC10Yes
Feb 24, 2026IN01Yes
Jan 16, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 18, 2025TN00Yes
Jan 23, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 7, 2025WV00Yes
Nov 14, 2024MO14Yes
Nov 1, 2024IL02Yes
Oct 21, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 24, 2024OH00Yes
Jul 31, 2024SC00Yes
Jun 20, 2024IN02Yes
May 31, 2024IL01Yes
May 20, 2024WI01Yes
Mar 22, 2024IL01Yes
Nov 27, 2023GA01Yes
Sep 7, 2023MI02Yes
Aug 24, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 3, 2023MO00Yes
Mar 12, 2023MN00Yes
Aug 17, 2022OH00Yes
Aug 9, 2022WI00Yes
Aug 4, 2022PA01Yes
Jul 13, 2022WI00Yes