Carrier profile · USDOT 2889562 · MC-970597 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Ventures Motor Freight LLC

45 power unitsavg 7.1 yrNational · 35 statesAURORA, IL62/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-970597 INACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 33.9%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 — 62 vehicle and 150 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

41.7% · 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 11.9 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

141 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 15

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
≈1.7 / 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
150
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

65%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
67%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
72%
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 Driving134 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance33 · 23 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance28 · 4 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance21 · 5 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance19 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance16 · 4 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance13 · 1 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 6 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

67 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Sep 26, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

46ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
3False logs
2Drove over hours

10 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 8 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
7
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20257037
20243012
20237026
20224014
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Nov 10, 2025PA00Yes
Jun 27, 2025CA01Yes
Jun 12, 2025TX00Yes
Jun 10, 2025AR01Yes
Apr 5, 2025OH00Yes
Feb 18, 2025MT00Yes
Feb 15, 2025NE01Yes
Sep 27, 2024NY01No
Jun 16, 2024MO00Yes
Mar 27, 2024NM00Yes
Nov 2, 2023NV01Yes
Oct 3, 2023TN00Yes
Aug 9, 2023TX00Yes
May 26, 2023WV00Yes
Apr 2, 2023MN00Yes
Mar 30, 2023OH01No
Jan 18, 2023CO00Yes
Dec 23, 2022KY00Yes
Dec 23, 2022OH00Yes
Jul 13, 2022UT00Yes
May 20, 2022WY02Yes