Carrier profile · USDOT 3396268 · MC-1092413 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

SPECIAL FREIGHT SOLUTIONS INC

DBA SFS

72 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 39 statesOSWEGO, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1092413 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 43.3%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 5.2%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 104 vehicle and 213 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

40.6% · 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 1.8 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

207 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 16

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
≈1.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 72-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
72
Inspections · 24 mo
213
Annualized
≈107 / yr
Coverage
≈1.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
66%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
54%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
12%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
86%
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 Driving109 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance44 · 32 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance35 · 8 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.207 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

21ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
9False logs
2Drove over hours

Trending worse — 81% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 15 total · 12 in 24 mo

15
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263113
20257027
20244014
20231011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026FL00Yes
May 24, 2026IN00Yes
Mar 8, 2026NM21Yes
Nov 17, 2025NJ00Yes
Oct 5, 2025WV01Yes
Jun 21, 2025GA01Yes
May 21, 2025TN00Yes
Apr 24, 2025NV00Yes
Mar 27, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 19, 2025WA00Yes
Oct 5, 2024VA00Yes
Sep 17, 2024NY01Yes
Jul 28, 2024AL00Yes
Mar 12, 2024UT00Yes
Dec 31, 2023AL01Yes