Carrier profile · USDOT 292465 · MC-190921 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

P F a Systems Inc

87 power unitsavg 9.7 yrNational · 19 statesJOLIET, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-190921 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkspfasystemsinc.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 15.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 124 vehicle and 154 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

11.4% · 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 15.1 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

149 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 18

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
≈0.9 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 87-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
87
Inspections · 24 mo
154
Annualized
≈77 / yr
Coverage
≈0.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

57%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
56%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
25%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
43%
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 Driving47 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 16 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance17 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance17 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance15 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance11 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

47 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 13, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

30ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
4False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 77% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 65 total · 6 in 24 mo

65
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
21
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252012
20246026
20236036
20212112
20202012
20195125
20182012
20175005
20166016
20154033
20143013
20133003
20123003
20102112
20081011
20074004
20063123
20042002
20031011
20002002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 9, 2026IL00Yes
Nov 28, 2025SC01Yes
May 23, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 17, 2024SC05Yes
Oct 7, 2024GA00Yes
Sep 28, 2024TN00Yes
Jul 22, 2024TX00Yes
Jun 28, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 3, 2024AL00Yes
Oct 10, 2023AL00Yes
May 12, 2023IL02Yes
May 10, 2023SC00Yes
Apr 14, 2023SC01Yes
Feb 16, 2023MI01Yes
Feb 16, 2023WI00Yes
Aug 24, 2021IN21Yes
Jan 19, 2021IL00Yes
Mar 23, 2020GA01Yes
Feb 9, 2020WI00Yes
Dec 31, 2019TX00Yes
Nov 21, 2019IL01Yes
Feb 27, 2019IN01Yes
Feb 20, 2019WI10Yes
Jan 4, 2019TN00Yes
Dec 21, 2018IL02Yes