Carrier profile · USDOT 2084451 · MC-727519 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

NOVA LOGISTICS INC

80 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 32 statesDES PLAINES, IL94/100
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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 19.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 42 vehicle and 95 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

33.3% · 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 12.5 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

90 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 10

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
≈0.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 80-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
80
Inspections · 24 mo
95
Annualized
≈48 / yr
Coverage
≈0.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
81%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
42%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance23 · 6 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 8 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance7 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

70 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

33ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
20False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 55% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 53 total · 3 in 24 mo

53
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20244014
20234004
20227027
20219058
20208048
20195025
20181001
20172012
20166006
20152002
20142002
20132012
20121001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 6, 2024AZ01Yes
Oct 29, 2024WY00Yes
Sep 25, 2024FL00Yes
Jan 12, 2024MI00Yes
Dec 2, 2023UT00Yes
Aug 12, 2023NC00Yes
May 25, 2023SD00Yes
Jan 27, 2023MT00Yes
Dec 22, 2022IA00Yes
Dec 18, 2022WI01Yes
Jul 15, 2022WI00Yes
Jun 29, 2022AZ00Yes
Apr 28, 2022WY02Yes
Apr 16, 2022IL00Yes
Mar 5, 2022NE00Yes
Dec 15, 2021WY00Yes
Nov 19, 2021WI00Yes
Aug 30, 2021MI01Yes
Jul 30, 2021ID00Yes
Jul 22, 2021PA02Yes
Jul 16, 2021ID01Yes
May 14, 2021WI01Yes
Apr 1, 2021LA04No
Feb 10, 2021OH00Yes
Nov 16, 2020NE01Yes