Carrier profile · USDOT 811682 · MC-360756 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Sunset Cartage Inc

70 power unitsavg 6.1 yrRegional · 3 statesCRYSTAL LAKE, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-360756 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
Verified linksgosunset.comFMCSA SAFER

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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 16 vehicle and 44 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

16.7% · 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 16.9 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

40 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Mar '25 · 6

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 70-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
70
Inspections · 24 mo
44
Annualized
≈22 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

28%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
51%
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 Driving35 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 7 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.9 Failure to secure load / cargo not securedUnsafe Driving5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 393.100 Cargo securement (general)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.130 Cargo securement — heavy vehicles/equipmentVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 392.7 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 68 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 87 total · 14 in 24 mo

87
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
37
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20258047
20247017
20235135
20224024
20217017
20202022
20187237
20174034
20162002
20151001
20145034
20134014
20123013
20111001
20101011
20094014
20082002
20073023
20062012
20053023
20042002
20023023
20012012
20002022
19991011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 16, 2026IL00Yes
Jan 14, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 19, 2025IL00Yes
Dec 17, 2025IL01Yes
Oct 6, 2025IL01Yes
Sep 3, 2025IL00Yes
Jul 30, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 30, 2025IL01Yes
Jun 23, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 14, 2025IL01No
Oct 7, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 27, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 24, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 20, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 1, 2024IL00Yes
Jun 18, 2024IL01Yes
Apr 15, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 14, 2023IL01Yes
Nov 29, 2023IL00Yes
Nov 25, 2023IL11Yes
Aug 9, 2023IL01Yes
May 19, 2023IL00Yes
Dec 27, 2022IL02Yes
Oct 14, 2022IL00Yes
Oct 7, 2022IL01Yes