Carrier profile · USDOT 1762874 · MC-644319 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ROAD WOLVES INC

55 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 33 statesPLAINFIELD, IL100/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-644319 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 10.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 139 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

13.6% · 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 22.0 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

137 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 11

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
≈1.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 55-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
55
Inspections · 24 mo
139
Annualized
≈70 / yr
Coverage
≈1.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

91%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
77%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
69%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
39%
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 Driving64 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance12 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance5 · 4 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

29 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.

10ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
13False logs
6Drove over hours

Trending worse — 80% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 18 total · 4 in 24 mo

18
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
1
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20253003
20242002
20233003
20221001
20201001
20192002
20161001
20151001
20132012
20111001
20081001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 11, 2025VA00Yes
Mar 13, 2025ID00Yes
Jan 23, 2025IN00Yes
Nov 16, 2024WV00Yes
Apr 12, 2024NC00Yes
Sep 22, 2023GA00Yes
Apr 27, 2023IN00Yes
Mar 17, 2023SD00Yes
Jul 14, 2022NC00Yes
Mar 7, 2020MO00Yes
Nov 11, 2019IL00Yes
Jan 1, 2019PA00Yes
Jan 18, 2016MI00Yes
Dec 28, 2015IL00Yes
Nov 21, 2013NC01Yes
May 7, 2013IA00Yes
Oct 27, 2011AL00Yes
Dec 16, 2008WI00Yes