Carrier profile · USDOT 3082692 · MC-71678 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Za Trucking LLC

2 power unitsavg 5.8 yrNational · 37 statesMERRILLVILLE, IN57/100
CARRIER INACTIVEMC-71678 INACTIVERATED CONDITIONAL
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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 28.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 8.6%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 49 vehicle and 116 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 24.8 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

108 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 11

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
≈29.0 / 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
2
Inspections · 24 mo
116
Annualized
≈58 / yr
Coverage
≈29.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

99%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
93%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
48%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
87%
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 Driving98 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance34 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance22 · 13 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance22 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance20 · 6 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance15 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 10 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 395.3 Driving beyond hours-of-service limitsHOS Compliance8 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

70 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 15, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

40ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
16False logs
8Drove over hours

Trending worse — 95% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 16 total · 9 in 24 mo

16
Total crashes
9
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261011
20254013
2024101310
20201001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 17, 2026TX01Yes
Oct 18, 2025IL00Yes
Jun 26, 2025AR00Yes
Apr 30, 2025WI01No
Jan 16, 2025MD00Yes
Dec 28, 2024IL01Yes
Oct 3, 2024WI00Yes
Sep 19, 2024TX00Yes
Sep 18, 2024NY00Yes
Jun 7, 2024MO10Yes
May 19, 2024GA01Yes
Apr 27, 2024TN00Yes
Apr 2, 2024OH00Yes
Feb 23, 2024IN00Yes
Feb 21, 2024TX01Yes
Sep 29, 2020MI00Yes