Carrier profile · USDOT 2559423 · MC-892806 · Updated Jun 28, 2026

NOVA LINES INC

1,298 power unitsavg 3.4 yrNational · 46 statesBRIDGEVIEW, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-892806 ACTIVE
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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 29.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 682 vehicle and 1,387 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.6% · 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 2.0 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

1,316 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 75

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
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 1,298-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
1,298
Inspections · 24 mo
1,388
Annualized
≈694 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

62%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
68%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
22%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving505 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance166 · 131 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance99 · 16 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance68 · 16 OOS
  • 393.118 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance52 · 52 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance51 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance45 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance39 · 22 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance37 · 37 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance35 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

167 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 5, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

110ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
14False logs
28Drove over hours

Trending worse — 50% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 174 total · 57 in 24 mo

174
Total crashes
57
In last 24 mo
9
Fatal
72
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026161816
2025300828
20243521234
2023212821
2022182717
20212221222
2020150715
20196026
20185053
20175035
20161001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 16, 2026AR01Yes
Jun 3, 2026VA01Yes
Jun 1, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 18, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 18, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 4, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 27, 2026ID01Yes
Feb 25, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 23, 2026LA01Yes
Feb 18, 2026WY12Yes
Feb 18, 2026MO00Yes
Feb 4, 2026CO01Yes
Feb 2, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 31, 2026AZ01Yes
Jan 30, 2026FL01Yes
Jan 29, 2026TN00Yes
Dec 8, 2025TN00Yes
Nov 27, 2025LA00Yes
Nov 5, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 3, 2025LA00Yes
Oct 23, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 4, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 18, 2025NE00Yes
Sep 4, 2025OK00Yes
Aug 27, 2025NJ03No