Carrier profile · USDOT 3019343 · MC-843043 · Updated Jul 9, 2026

Nationwide Freight Inc

99 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 37 statesSUMMIT, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-843043 ACTIVE
Verified linksnationwidefreight.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 33.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 113 vehicle and 249 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

24.2% · 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 2.9 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

241 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 19

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 99-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
99
Inspections · 24 mo
249
Annualized
≈125 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

66%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
75%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
65%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
77%
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 Driving96 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance39 · 33 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance22 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 1 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance12 · 9 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

19ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
7False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 63% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 9 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20255115
20245034
20234004
20225015
20213003
20202002
20192002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 3, 2026OH00Yes
Feb 23, 2026IL00Yes
Feb 12, 2026AL01Yes
Dec 15, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 18, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 14, 2025PA12Yes
Oct 7, 2025MO00Yes
May 8, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 27, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 31, 2024PA01No
Jun 23, 2024VA00Yes
Apr 11, 2024VA01Yes
Mar 16, 2024FL03Yes
Dec 14, 2023KY00Yes
Oct 27, 2023KY00Yes
Oct 8, 2023NC00Yes
Jul 15, 2023OH00Yes
Dec 28, 2022FL00Yes
Aug 20, 2022VA00Yes
Aug 17, 2022FL01Yes
May 29, 2022FL00Yes
May 23, 2022TX00Yes
Oct 21, 2021KY00Yes
May 22, 2021MO00Yes
May 12, 2021OH00Yes