Carrier profile · USDOT 3469080 · MC-1134914 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

NATION FREIGHT INC

20 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 31 statesPALOS HILLS, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1134914 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 31.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 38 vehicle and 84 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

37.5% · 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 5.6 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

82 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 8

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈2.1 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
20
Inspections · 24 mo
84
Annualized
≈42 / yr
Coverage
≈2.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

58%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
43%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
30%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
3%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
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 Driving68 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 17 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

6ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
6Drove 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 · 11 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20254024
20248008
20237037
20221001
20213013
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026AR00Yes
Feb 11, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 25, 2025TX00Yes
Nov 4, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 7, 2025KY01Yes
Jul 4, 2025CO01Yes
Dec 29, 2024LA00Yes
Dec 15, 2024SD00Yes
Dec 15, 2024SD00Yes
Oct 30, 2024MD00Yes
Aug 24, 2024NM00Yes
Jun 12, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 26, 2024OH00Yes
Apr 3, 2024WV00Yes
Nov 21, 2023OH01Yes
Jul 5, 2023IL00Yes
Jun 12, 2023SC01Yes
May 18, 2023NM00Yes
Mar 28, 2023NE01Yes
Mar 8, 2023AZ00Yes
Jan 5, 2023GA00Yes
Aug 1, 2022LA00Yes
Nov 5, 2021KY00Yes
Oct 11, 2021IN00Yes
Mar 17, 2021OH02Yes