Carrier profile · USDOT 2194823 · MC-780018 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Newman Carriers Inc

75 power unitsavg 7.5 yrNational · 29 statesFAIRMONT CITY, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-780018 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksnewmancarriers.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 10.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 149 vehicle and 187 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

6.7% · 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 6.8 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

184 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '26 · 14

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
187
Annualized
≈94 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

81%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
44%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
.08measure
SMS · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
13%
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 Driving42 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance17 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 172.202 Other violationOther4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 10, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 29 total · 5 in 24 mo

29
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
11
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20254004
20241011
20234123
20223013
20213023
20202011
20192012
20182002
20166036
20131001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 1, 2026TX00Yes
Jul 10, 2025IL00Yes
Apr 28, 2025IN00Yes
Feb 28, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 29, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 6, 2024KY02Yes
Dec 6, 2023AR00Yes
Sep 28, 2023IN11Yes
Jun 22, 2023IL00Yes
Jan 25, 2023IL01No
Dec 29, 2022MO03Yes
Oct 20, 2022OK00Yes
May 31, 2022IN00Yes
Jun 11, 2021IL01Yes
Apr 4, 2021TN00Yes
Feb 4, 2021IA01Yes
Dec 2, 2020KY01No
Oct 2, 2020IL00Yes
Feb 8, 2019MO01Yes
Jan 9, 2019GA00Yes
Nov 15, 2018IL00Yes
Jun 1, 2018IL00Yes
Oct 18, 2016IL01Yes
Sep 29, 2016TX00Yes
Aug 29, 2016IL01Yes