Carrier profile · USDOT 3533183 · MC-1176976 · Updated Jun 26, 2026

Strong Purple Logistics LLC

40 power unitsavg 6.1 yrNational · 28 statesSCHAUMBURG, IL87/100
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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 28.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 74 vehicle and 143 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

15.6% · 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 8.5 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

142 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '26 · 15

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.

Heavily inspected
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Among the more heavily-inspected carriers for its size — abundant roadside signal. Coverage isn't the question here; the out-of-service and crash record is.
Registered power units
40
Inspections · 24 mo
143
Annualized
≈72 / yr
Coverage
≈1.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
65%
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 Driving36 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 7 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance11 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance8 · 5 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance6 · 4 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Mar 3, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
2No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 88% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 9 total · 5 in 24 mo

9
Total crashes
5
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
3
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20253013
20243003
20231011
20221010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 4, 2026FL00Yes
Oct 13, 2025IL00Yes
Aug 2, 2025FL00Yes
Jun 1, 2025VA01Yes
Sep 18, 2024MD00Yes
Mar 22, 2024MS00Yes
Jan 28, 2024MO00Yes
May 25, 2023PA01Yes
Aug 30, 2022MS02No