Carrier profile · USDOT 3118291 · MC-86504 · Updated Jun 27, 2026

Paragon Freight Inc

250 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 43 statesBURR RIDGE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-86504 ACTIVE
Verified linksparagonfreight.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 26.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 177 vehicle and 403 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

20.5% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

391 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '25 · 25

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 250-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
250
Inspections · 24 mo
403
Annualized
≈202 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
86%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
39%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
67%
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 Driving146 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance58 · 54 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance41 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance39 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance26 · 6 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance22 · 8 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance16 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

114 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

59ELD device issues
10No log / no ELD
24False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 90% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 50 total · 20 in 24 mo

50
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20266016
2025110411
20246036
20238018
20227026
20216116
20205025
20191011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 31, 2026NJ00Yes
Jul 3, 2026NE00Yes
Jun 1, 2026WI00Yes
May 13, 2026MO00Yes
Apr 12, 2026IA00Yes
Feb 12, 2026IL01Yes
Dec 9, 2025OR00Yes
Oct 20, 2025GA01Yes
Oct 18, 2025MO00Yes
Sep 25, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 18, 2025IN00Yes
Sep 17, 2025SC00Yes
Aug 25, 2025NV03Yes
Jun 3, 2025NE00Yes
May 9, 2025GA01Yes
May 2, 2025CA00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MO00Yes
Nov 4, 2024CO00Yes
Oct 23, 2024OH00Yes
Oct 20, 2024GA00Yes
Jul 16, 2024CA01Yes
Apr 4, 2024OH01Yes
Jan 11, 2024CA01Yes
Dec 26, 2023AZ00Yes
Nov 9, 2023CA00Yes