Carrier profile · USDOT 2424011 · MC-835256 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SMART TRANS LOGISTICS INC

75 power unitsavg 7.7 yrNational · 28 statesOAKBROOK TERRACE, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-835256 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 28.8%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 — 59 vehicle and 144 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 10.9 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

140 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Oct '24 · 12

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 75-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
75
Inspections · 24 mo
144
Annualized
≈72 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

54%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
34%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
70%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
69%
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 Driving53 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 5 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance19 · 16 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance9 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 29, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

11ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 73% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 38 total · 5 in 24 mo

38
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
14
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251011
20246046
20233022
20224014
20215005
20202022
20193003
20185024
20175015
20161010
20152002
20141001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 15, 2025MO01Yes
Dec 5, 2024PA00Yes
Oct 16, 2024AR01Yes
Oct 5, 2024KY00Yes
Sep 27, 2024IL02Yes
Jun 25, 2024IL01Yes
Jun 12, 2024AL01Yes
Sep 1, 2023AL02No
Apr 26, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 7, 2023MO03Yes
Dec 29, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 11, 2022ND00Yes
Aug 9, 2022FL01Yes
May 9, 2022MN00Yes
Oct 15, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 24, 2021OH00Yes
May 21, 2021PA00Yes
Apr 13, 2021IL00Yes
Feb 28, 2021MO00Yes
Oct 9, 2020NJ01Yes
Sep 28, 2020MI01Yes
Dec 16, 2019IL00Yes
Nov 25, 2019CT00Yes
Nov 12, 2019OH00Yes
Dec 13, 2018KY00Yes