Carrier profile · USDOT 2327561 · MC-980301 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

T R Freight Inc

25 power unitsavg 6.5 yrNational · 29 statesPLAINFIELD, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-980301 ACTIVE
Verified linkstrfreight.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 30.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 39 vehicle and 93 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · 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 22.1 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

93 inspections in the charted months · busiest month May '26 · 9

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
≈1.9 / 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
25
Inspections · 24 mo
93
Annualized
≈47 / yr
Coverage
≈1.9 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

71%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
31%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
1%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
58%
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 Driving43 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance18 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 10 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance3 · 1 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 14, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

21ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
3False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 76% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 8 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
4
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263023
20253003
20243103
20235015
20222002
20212012
20201001
20191001
20182002
20171001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2026MO00Yes
May 20, 2026MN01Yes
Mar 4, 2026PA01Yes
Dec 13, 2025IA00Yes
Oct 9, 2025IN00Yes
May 8, 2025KY00Yes
Dec 25, 2024IN00Yes
Oct 21, 2024GA00Yes
Aug 9, 2024IA10Yes
Jun 3, 2023VA00Yes
May 15, 2023GA00Yes
May 11, 2023VA02Yes
May 5, 2023OK00Yes
Apr 25, 2023IN00Yes
Dec 16, 2022MN00Yes
Jun 30, 2022AL00Yes
Mar 8, 2021TX00Yes
Feb 6, 2021IA01Yes
Feb 18, 2020IA00Yes
Feb 20, 2019AL00Yes
Oct 26, 2018OK00Yes
Feb 9, 2018IL00Yes
Nov 29, 2017OH00Yes