Carrier profile · USDOT 2037668 · MC-715131 · Updated Aug 9, 2026

Nationwide Cargo Incorporated

DBA NATIONWIDE CARGO

78 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 45 statesEAST DUNDEE, IL63/100
NO OPERATING AUTHORITYMC-715131 NO AUTHORITYHAZMAT
Verified linksnationwidecargo.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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 133 vehicle and 351 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.6% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

318 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 40

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
≈2.3 / 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
78
Inspections · 24 mo
351
Annualized
≈176 / yr
Coverage
≈2.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

83%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
64%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
71%
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 Driving368 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance79 · 60 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance76 · 14 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance52 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance50 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance30 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance29 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance29 · 16 OOS
  • 395.20 Hours of service / ELDHOS Compliance26 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

233 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 8, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

112ELD device issues
12No log / no ELD
51False logs
30Drove over hours

37 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 107 total · 14 in 24 mo

107
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
28
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20258028
2024170617
2023180818
2022110410
2021141114
20208028
20198008
20185014
20178037
20163003
20153003
20142012
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 27, 2026IN00Yes
Oct 1, 2025IL01Yes
Mar 31, 2025FL00Yes
Mar 17, 2025OH01Yes
Feb 20, 2025OR00Yes
Feb 19, 2025VA00Yes
Feb 7, 2025IL00Yes
Feb 6, 2025MN00Yes
Jan 11, 2025PA00Yes
Nov 21, 2024NJ00Yes
Nov 10, 2024MA04Yes
Oct 30, 2024WI00Yes
Sep 20, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 10, 2024CA00Yes
Aug 8, 2024WA00Yes
Jul 26, 2024AL01Yes
Jul 26, 2024LA01Yes
Jul 10, 2024NC00Yes
Jun 24, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 4, 2024NY01Yes
Mar 25, 2024FL00Yes
Feb 15, 2024WA01Yes
Jan 30, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 24, 2024PA00Yes
Jan 17, 2024WA00Yes