Carrier profile · USDOT 3509638 · MC-1161243 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NOVA FREIGHT LLC

1 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 44 statesCHICAGO HEIGHTS, IL62/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1161243 INACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksnovafreightllc.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 43.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 155 vehicle and 314 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

45.5% · 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 18.5 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24-mo monthly · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

285 inspections · 24 mo · busiest month Nov '24 · 29

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections over 24 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
≈157.0 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
314
Annualized
≈157 / yr
Coverage
≈157.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · 2026-07-01

90%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
70%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Alert
93%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
91%
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 Driving251 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance132 · 93 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance110 · 16 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance66 · 19 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance51 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance35 · 15 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance31 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance25 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance18 · 7 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

119 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 12, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

45ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
41False logs
11Drove over hours

22 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 25 total · 8 in 24 mo

25
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
2024140214
20237027
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 1, 2026MI00Yes
Aug 6, 2025GA00Yes
Mar 30, 2025AZ01Yes
Jan 20, 2025PA00Yes
Dec 16, 2024CT00Yes
Nov 25, 2024OH00Yes
Sep 26, 2024NC01Yes
Sep 6, 2024SC00Yes
May 8, 2024MI00Yes
Apr 11, 2024AL00Yes
Apr 6, 2024WY01Yes
Feb 14, 2024WV00Yes
Feb 3, 2024IL00Yes
Feb 1, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 25, 2024OR00Yes
Jan 16, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 8, 2024AL00Yes
Jan 7, 2024WY00Yes
Aug 14, 2023VA00Yes
Jul 11, 2023MS01Yes
Jun 12, 2023WV01Yes
May 11, 2023TN00Yes
May 1, 2023FL00Yes
Mar 9, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 9, 2023VT00Yes