Carrier profile · USDOT 297569 · MC-207446 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Vanek Brothers Trucking Company

32 power unitsavg 8.3 yrLocal · 2 statesCHICAGO, IL62/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-207446 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYUNDELIVERABLE ADDRESS
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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 100.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 4 vehicle and 25 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

100.0% · 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

24 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 5

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.4 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 32-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
32
Inspections · 24 mo
25
Annualized
≈13 / yr
Coverage
≈0.4 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

73%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
13.87measure
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving15 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.110 Cargo securement — number of tiedownsVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance1 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.48 Brakes inoperativeVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 28, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 35 total · 1 in 24 mo

35
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20212112
20202012
20193013
20181011
20171001
20161001
20154024
20131011
20122012
20091011
20072002
20052002
20042002
20021010
20011011
19973022
19962012
19942011
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jan 24, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 22, 2021IL00Yes
Feb 18, 2021IL12Yes
Jul 2, 2020IL00Yes
Jan 3, 2020IL02Yes
Dec 31, 2019IL00Yes
Nov 7, 2019IL00Yes
Jul 19, 2019IL01Yes
Nov 7, 2018IL01Yes
Aug 8, 2017IL00Yes
Apr 21, 2016IL00Yes
Dec 2, 2015IL03Yes
Nov 9, 2015IL01Yes
Jul 23, 2015IN00Yes
Jan 6, 2015IN00Yes
Mar 5, 2013IN02Yes
May 25, 2012IL02Yes
Feb 1, 2012IL00Yes
Jul 13, 2009IL01Yes
Dec 6, 2007WI00Yes
Aug 29, 2007IN00Yes
Dec 8, 2005WI00Yes
Jan 24, 2005IL00Yes
Oct 28, 2004IN00Yes
Jul 14, 2004IN00Yes