Carrier profile · USDOT 1951091 · MC-753582 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Norton Trucking Inc

76 power unitsavg 10.9 yrNational · 18 statesKANKAKEE, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-753582 ACTIVE
Verified linksnortontrucking.netFMCSA 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 40.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 112 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.7% · 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 19.5 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

107 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 9

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.7 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 76-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
76
Inspections · 24 mo
112
Annualized
≈56 / yr
Coverage
≈0.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
61%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
83%
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 Driving69 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance20 · 17 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance19 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance14 · 1 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

4ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
3False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 22 total · 10 in 24 mo

22
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
6
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262012
20257127
20243013
20231001
20222012
20211001
20201001
20192002
20181001
20171011
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 18, 2026WI01Yes
Dec 3, 2025IL01Yes
Nov 13, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 15, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 15, 2025WV00Yes
Jun 17, 2025WI02Yes
Jun 16, 2025WI00Yes
May 22, 2025IN10Yes
Nov 15, 2024ND01Yes
Jun 17, 2024OH00Yes
Mar 4, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 19, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 17, 2022IN01Yes
Feb 10, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 31, 2021IL00Yes
Jul 7, 2020IL00Yes
Dec 13, 2019IL00Yes
Jun 17, 2019IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2018IL00Yes
Feb 8, 2017IL01Yes
Jan 14, 2015IL00Yes