Windy City Carriers Inc
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 rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing
Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay
75 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Feb '26 · 7
Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal
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.
- Registered power units
- 22
- Inspections · 24 mo
- 76
- Annualized
- ≈38 / yr
- Coverage
- ≈1.7 inspections / unit · yr
BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026
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 Driving26 · 0 OOS
- 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance25 · 0 OOS
- 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance19 · 4 OOS
- 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance14 · 3 OOS
- 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
- 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 9 OOS
- 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
- 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance6 · 0 OOS
- 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance4 · 3 OOS
- 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
ELD & hours-of-service
64 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jun 1, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.
Trending worse — 72% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.
Crash history· 50 total · 4 in 24 mo
| Year | Crashes | Fatal | Injury | Tow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2011 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Date | State | Fatalities | Injuries | Tow-away |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | IA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2026 | TN | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Mar 15, 2026 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 13, 2026 | IN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 30, 2022 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 23, 2021 | TN | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Dec 7, 2021 | IL | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Sep 9, 2021 | SC | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 14, 2021 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2020 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Nov 4, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 10, 2019 | WI | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 11, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Apr 12, 2019 | FL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jan 4, 2019 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Sep 25, 2018 | PA | 0 | 2 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2018 | GA | 0 | 1 | Yes |
| Dec 4, 2017 | AL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 31, 2017 | IL | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jun 5, 2017 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Jul 29, 2016 | GA | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Aug 24, 2015 | MN | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| May 20, 2015 | OH | 1 | 0 | Yes |
| Mar 20, 2014 | OH | 0 | 0 | Yes |
| Feb 19, 2013 | FL | 0 | 1 | Yes |