Carrier profile · USDOT 2391139 · MC-821891 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

NOVA CARRIERS INC

47 power unitsavg 4.9 yrNational · 41 statesJOLIET, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-821891 ACTIVE
Verified linksnovacarrierscorp.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 16.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 249 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

25.0% · 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 11.6 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

240 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 17

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
≈2.6 / 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
47
Inspections · 24 mo
249
Annualized
≈125 / yr
Coverage
≈2.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

87%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
21%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
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 Driving75 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance23 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 2 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

32 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

22ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
5False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 86% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 26 total · 11 in 24 mo

26
Total crashes
11
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263022
20257017
20242012
20231001
20223023
20211001
20202002
20192012
20172012
20161001
20141011
20131101
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 25, 2026WI07Yes
May 30, 2026MO01No
Feb 19, 2026WY00Yes
Dec 22, 2025SC00Yes
Dec 3, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 21, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 27, 2025AZ00Yes
Aug 21, 2025TX01Yes
Feb 18, 2025KS00Yes
Feb 5, 2025MN00Yes
Nov 7, 2024KS01Yes
Mar 14, 2024LA00Yes
Dec 23, 2023IA00Yes
May 8, 2022KY01Yes
Apr 20, 2022AR01Yes
Jan 9, 2022AZ00Yes
Sep 22, 2021TN00Yes
Nov 5, 2020WA00Yes
Apr 8, 2020OH00Yes
Oct 7, 2019GA00Yes
Apr 27, 2019IL01Yes
Oct 24, 2017CT00Yes
Aug 18, 2017MD01Yes
Dec 19, 2016MO00Yes
Dec 14, 2014GA01Yes