Carrier profile · USDOT 3526290 · MC-1172286 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

SHIELDCARRIERS LLC

DBA SHIELD CARRIERS

27 power unitsavg 7.4 yrNational · 31 statesMOUNT PROSPECT, IL80/100
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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 36.2%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 47 vehicle and 86 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 18.8 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

81 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 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
≈1.6 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 27-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
27
Inspections · 24 mo
86
Annualized
≈43 / yr
Coverage
≈1.6 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

82%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
59%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
72%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
41%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
75%
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 Driving34 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance9 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance8 · 7 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

13ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
5False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 4 total · 4 in 24 mo

4
Total crashes
4
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
0
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20252002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 10, 2026TX00Yes
Feb 22, 2026MI00Yes
Oct 28, 2025TX00Yes
Jul 14, 2025GA00Yes