Carrier profile · USDOT 1079507 · MC-457169 · Updated Jul 16, 2026

ONE STEP CARGO INC

71 power unitsavg 6.3 yrNational · 29 statesNAPERVILLE, IL80/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-457169 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 35.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 71 vehicle and 136 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 5.7 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

128 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '25 · 13

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 71-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
71
Inspections · 24 mo
136
Annualized
≈68 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

53%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
62%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
32%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · 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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 21 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.205 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 3 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

7ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 71% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 9 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
20254004
20244013
20236026
20221001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 30, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 29, 2026TX05Yes
Jan 25, 2026NC00Yes
Sep 24, 2025PA00Yes
Aug 19, 2025LA00Yes
Aug 3, 2025NC00Yes
Jan 4, 2025WY00Yes
Nov 17, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 9, 2024LA00Yes
Aug 1, 2024OH01No
May 31, 2024TX00Yes
Dec 4, 2023MO00Yes
Nov 14, 2023MI02Yes
Aug 6, 2023NC00Yes
Jun 11, 2023PA00Yes
Feb 1, 2023OH01Yes
Jan 20, 2023VA00Yes
Aug 20, 2022FL00Yes