Carrier profile · USDOT 3361645 · MC-1076625 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

VAN FREIGHT LINES CORP

7 power unitsavg 6.6 yrMulti-region · 11 statesFONTANA, CA56/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-1076625 INACTIVE
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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 54.5%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.3%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 11 vehicle and 16 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

57.1% · 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 28.3 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

17 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jun '25 · 4

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.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 7-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
7
Inspections · 24 mo
17
Annualized
≈9 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

56%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
42%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
97%
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 Driving16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance12 · 7 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 1 OOS
  • 393.60 Windshield / glazingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance4 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

13 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Nov 24, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

9ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
2False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 89% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 8 total · 3 in 24 mo

8
Total crashes
3
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
2
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20252002
20242112
20231011
20211001
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 28, 2026AZ00Yes
May 2, 2025IN00Yes
Jan 10, 2025IL00Yes
Jan 7, 2024AZ21Yes
Jan 7, 2024AZ00Yes
Nov 7, 2023IL01Yes
Dec 10, 2021IL00Yes
Dec 6, 2020CA00Yes