Carrier profile · USDOT 2107840 · MC-735038 · Updated Jul 23, 2026

Windy City National Trans Inc

30 power unitsavg 2.7 yrNational · 44 statesMOUNT PROSPECT, IL56/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-735038 ACTIVEHAZMATUNDELIVERABLE 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 47.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 10.9%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 168 vehicle and 304 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

55.8% · 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 27.4 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

303 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jan '26 · 60

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
≈5.1 / 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
30
Inspections · 24 mo
304
Annualized
≈152 / yr
Coverage
≈5.1 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

95%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
98%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
62%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · per-BASIC
88%
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 Driving175 · 2 OOS
  • 395.30 ELD — use / data transferHOS Compliance136 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance93 · 29 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance85 · 62 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance57 · 19 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance56 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance51 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance37 · 28 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance35 · 17 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

318 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 16, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

204ELD device issues
28No log / no ELD
54False logs
13Drove over hours

Trending worse — 94% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 66 total · 12 in 24 mo

66
Total crashes
12
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
2026100110
20251011
20242012
2023111210
20227017
2021100310
2020160516
20196026
20181001
20171001
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Apr 28, 2026PA00Yes
Mar 30, 2026TX00Yes
Mar 17, 2026VA01Yes
Feb 5, 2026MI00Yes
Feb 4, 2026PA00Yes
Feb 1, 2026NC00Yes
Jan 30, 2026GA00Yes
Jan 26, 2026MT00Yes
Jan 25, 2026TX00Yes
Jan 24, 2026NE00Yes
Dec 19, 2025NE01Yes
Oct 25, 2024NM00Yes
May 11, 2024IA02Yes
Sep 11, 2023GA00Yes
Sep 7, 2023VA10Yes
Jun 22, 2023NC01No
Jun 12, 2023PA00Yes
May 13, 2023VA01Yes
Apr 20, 2023KY00Yes
Mar 24, 2023MI00Yes
Mar 7, 2023KY00Yes
Jan 27, 2023WI00Yes
Jan 18, 2023MA00Yes
Jan 18, 2023MA00Yes
Dec 28, 2022GA00Yes