Carrier profile · USDOT 1053301 · MC-441037 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Z Force Transportation Inc

165 power unitsavg 8.3 yrMulti-region · 10 statesCHICAGO, IL74/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-441037 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORY
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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 45.9%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 4.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 98 vehicle and 149 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

50.0% · 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 27.6 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

147 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 13

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 165-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
165
Inspections · 24 mo
149
Annualized
≈75 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

59%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
18%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
45%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
66%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
89%
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 Driving146 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance75 · 20 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance51 · 47 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance36 · 7 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance27 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance20 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance19 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance11 · 7 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

3 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 18, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

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

Crash history· 153 total · 20 in 24 mo

153
Total crashes
20
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
57
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20265015
202510049
20247037
20238028
20224004
2021110511
20208128
20193023
2018151315
2017130412
20169179
201510049
20147047
20136036
20126036
20117047
20103023
20093023
20083003
2007100110
20062102
20051011
20042002
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 15, 2026MI00Yes
May 5, 2026PA02Yes
Apr 10, 2026KS00Yes
Apr 3, 2026IN00Yes
Jan 21, 2026MI00Yes
Dec 5, 2025MI00Yes
Sep 24, 2025NE00Yes
Aug 28, 2025IL02No
Aug 13, 2025MO00Yes
Aug 5, 2025IN00Yes
Jul 25, 2025IL01Yes
Jun 20, 2025IN01Yes
Jun 16, 2025IN01Yes
Apr 10, 2025IN00Yes
Mar 4, 2025WV00Yes
Dec 12, 2024MI01Yes
Dec 3, 2024MO00Yes
Nov 7, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2024IL01Yes
Aug 29, 2024IN01Yes
May 1, 2024MO00Yes
Jan 11, 2024KS00Yes
Dec 15, 2023IN01Yes
Dec 6, 2023IN00Yes
Nov 17, 2023MO00Yes