Carrier profile · USDOT 2156343 · MC-757597 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

VS Carriers Inc

DBA VISTA TRANS

410 power unitsavg 3.9 yrNational · 49 statesLAKE IN THE HILLS, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-757597 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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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 29.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 479 vehicle and 1,017 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

29.5% · 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 5.7 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

979 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '24 · 78

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 410-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
410
Inspections · 24 mo
1,018
Annualized
≈509 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

77%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
71%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
64%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
65%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
56%
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 Driving550 · 2 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance138 · 120 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance108 · 33 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance67 · 13 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance47 · 9 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance32 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance28 · 19 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance23 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance23 · 0 OOS
  • 393.104 Cargo securement — tiedownsVehicle Maintenance22 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

110 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 29, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

46ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
27False logs
14Drove over hours

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

Crash history· 195 total · 50 in 24 mo

195
Total crashes
50
In last 24 mo
5
Fatal
56
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026120512
2025271724
2024242923
2023210721
2022110311
2021120512
2020171517
2019230422
2018150415
2017160515
2016100210
20157107
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jul 8, 2026WY00Yes
Jun 15, 2026KY00Yes
Jun 15, 2026NJ00Yes
May 12, 2026VA02Yes
Mar 30, 2026NJ00Yes
Mar 13, 2026OH01Yes
Mar 1, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 25, 2026VA00Yes
Feb 12, 2026CT00Yes
Jan 20, 2026PA02Yes
Jan 15, 2026IL01Yes
Jan 13, 2026IN01Yes
Dec 3, 2025FL00Yes
Nov 21, 2025OK00Yes
Nov 16, 2025VA00Yes
Oct 16, 2025MO01Yes
Sep 25, 2025TX00Yes
Sep 16, 2025IL01No
Sep 15, 2025PA02Yes
Sep 15, 2025TX00Yes
Aug 30, 2025KS00Yes
Aug 22, 2025IA00Yes
Jul 13, 2025PA00Yes
Jul 8, 2025MD00Yes
Jul 2, 2025PA00Yes