Carrier profile · USDOT 375478 · MC-225272 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

V G Gum & Son Trucking Inc

1 power unitavg 16 yrRegional · 3 statesFARMER CITY, IL50/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-225272 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 50.0%24-mo cumulative
050%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 2 vehicle and 4 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

66.7% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

4 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '25 · 1

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
≈2.0 / 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
1
Inspections · 24 mo
4
Annualized
≈2 / yr
Coverage
≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
29%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
6measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.209 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

1 hours-of-service / ELD violation on record · most recent Mar 3, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 19 total · 2 in 24 mo

19
Total crashes
2
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20252012
20231001
20171011
20121011
20111001
20071001
20042012
20031001
20012002
20001011
19991001
19982112
19971011
19961011
19911010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Aug 14, 2025WV01Yes
Feb 4, 2025OH00Yes
Nov 2, 2023PA00Yes
Sep 18, 2017MO01Yes
Feb 6, 2012IL01Yes
Jul 6, 2011MO00Yes
Oct 9, 2007KS00Yes
Nov 19, 2004OK00Yes
Jun 24, 2004AL01Yes
Nov 5, 2003IN00Yes
Sep 13, 2001MI00Yes
Jun 30, 2001GA00Yes
May 10, 2000IL01Yes
Jan 17, 1999IL00Yes
May 6, 1998GA01Yes
Apr 30, 1998TX10Yes
May 16, 1997MO01Yes
Jun 29, 1996SD01Yes
Apr 22, 1991VA01No