Carrier profile · USDOT 2513044 · MC-871670 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Timeline Transportation Inc

45 power unitsavg 4.3 yrNational · 46 statesHUNTLEY, IL94/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-871670 ACTIVE
Verified linkstimelinetrans.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 14.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 2.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 150 vehicle and 300 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

10.7% · 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 15.4 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

289 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 20

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
≈3.3 / 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
45
Inspections · 24 mo
300
Annualized
≈150 / yr
Coverage
≈3.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

97%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
34%
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 Driving126 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance25 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance25 · 20 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance14 · 2 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance13 · 4 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance8 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance7 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

43 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 28, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

19ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
7False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 74% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 7 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
12
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20255015
20241010
20233013
20222022
20212012
20194034
20181001
20171001
20163022
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 1, 2026CT01Yes
Dec 17, 2025WY00Yes
Dec 10, 2025NC02Yes
Jun 4, 2025ID00Yes
Apr 29, 2025TX00Yes
Jan 28, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 23, 2024IL01No
Oct 25, 2023NC00Yes
Sep 21, 2023MD00Yes
Aug 11, 2023MO03Yes
Aug 16, 2022MI01Yes
Jul 9, 2022WY01Yes
Feb 15, 2021PA01Yes
Feb 1, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 29, 2019NE01Yes
Sep 30, 2019WI00Yes
Mar 19, 2019TN01Yes
Jan 4, 2019UT01Yes
Jul 10, 2018KY00Yes
Nov 8, 2017MT00Yes
Oct 7, 2016WY00Yes
Jul 19, 2016TX01No
Mar 13, 2016FL02Yes