Carrier profile · USDOT 1165740 · MC-468857 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

R & L Trucking of Illinois Inc

40 power unitsavg 16.2 yrRegional · 6 statesCHICAGO, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-468857 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 55.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 7.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 20 vehicle and 39 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.0% · 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 3.4 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

38 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 4

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 40-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
39
Annualized
≈20 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

70%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
94%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
66%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
92%
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 Driving49 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance27 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 3 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance10 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

36 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 26, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

16ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
5False logs
9Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 36 total · 6 in 24 mo

36
Total crashes
6
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20255015
20241001
20232002
20222011
20213003
20201001
20192002
20181011
20161001
20151011
20142012
20134004
20113033
20102012
20092002
20072012
20052022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 8, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 12, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 15, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 25, 2025OH00Yes
Jan 22, 2025WI01Yes
Aug 19, 2024IL00Yes
Apr 20, 2023IL00Yes
Mar 31, 2023IL00Yes
Sep 8, 2022IN00Yes
Jul 7, 2022IL01No
Aug 11, 2021IL00Yes
Aug 10, 2021IL00Yes
Mar 15, 2021IL00Yes
Oct 25, 2020IL00Yes
Nov 14, 2019IL00Yes
Aug 6, 2019IL00Yes
Jul 22, 2018IL02Yes
Feb 5, 2016IL00Yes
Apr 17, 2015IL01Yes
Dec 5, 2014IL01Yes
Aug 13, 2014IL00Yes
Oct 31, 2013IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2013IL00Yes
Jul 19, 2013IL00Yes
Feb 28, 2013IL00Yes