Carrier profile · USDOT 2578858 · MC-902551 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

YANKEE FREIGHT SYSTEMS LLC

173 power unitsavg 7.3 yrNational · 35 statesBROADVIEW, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-902551 ACTIVE
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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 27.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 118 vehicle and 280 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.5% · 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 1.7 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

270 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '26 · 22

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
≈0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 173-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
173
Inspections · 24 mo
280
Annualized
≈140 / yr
Coverage
≈0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

88%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
14%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
36%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
.01measure
SMS · 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 Driving135 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance41 · 32 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance12 · 3 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance10 · 4 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance6 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

22 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

15ELD device issues
4No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 77 total · 19 in 24 mo

77
Total crashes
19
In last 24 mo
3
Fatal
31
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025130712
20247027
20234014
20225114
2021111411
2020110511
20195025
20185035
20176016
20164024
20153123
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 21, 2026PA00Yes
Apr 8, 2026GA02Yes
Jan 24, 2026IL00Yes
Dec 17, 2025MI01Yes
Dec 13, 2025VA01Yes
Dec 10, 2025TN00Yes
Oct 3, 2025MD01No
Jul 16, 2025IN02Yes
Jul 2, 2025TN00Yes
Jun 8, 2025PA01Yes
May 25, 2025GA00Yes
May 19, 2025TN01Yes
May 19, 2025TN01Yes
May 3, 2025KY00Yes
Apr 28, 2025GA00Yes
Feb 12, 2025VA00Yes
Dec 17, 2024GA00Yes
Nov 4, 2024LA00Yes
Sep 24, 2024PA00Yes
May 17, 2024IA00Yes
May 2, 2024TN00Yes
Mar 30, 2024VA01Yes
Jan 7, 2024VA02Yes
Aug 25, 2023MD00Yes
Jun 21, 2023VA00Yes