Carrier profile · USDOT 2850569 · MC-955574 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

NIS FREIGHT LLC

32 power unitsavg 5.3 yrNational · 38 statesCHICAGO, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-955574 ACTIVEHAZMAT
Verified linksnisfreight.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 13.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 119 vehicle and 226 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.4% · 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 2.1 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

222 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 15

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
≈3.5 / 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
32
Inspections · 24 mo
226
Annualized
≈113 / yr
Coverage
≈3.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

96%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
67%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
22%
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 Driving67 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 1 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance5 · 1 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

18 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 30, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

12ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 2 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20231001
20224004
20212012
20195125
20186016
20174124
20162002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 18, 2026OH00Yes
Jan 18, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 26, 2023SD00Yes
Dec 22, 2022WV00Yes
Nov 12, 2022OH00Yes
Aug 11, 2022NY00Yes
Jan 8, 2022IN00Yes
Nov 27, 2021VA00Yes
Oct 22, 2021OH01Yes
Jul 25, 2019OH01Yes
Jun 13, 2019IL00Yes
Feb 18, 2019PA00Yes
Feb 15, 2019MO11Yes
Jan 3, 2019OH00Yes
Nov 15, 2018MD00Yes
Aug 1, 2018VA00Yes
Jul 20, 2018AL00Yes
May 2, 2018LA00Yes
Feb 19, 2018TN00Yes
Jan 28, 2018MO01Yes
Sep 23, 2017PA00Yes
Jul 20, 2017MO01Yes
May 10, 2017IN00Yes
Apr 29, 2017TN22Yes
Dec 16, 2016IN00Yes