Carrier profile · USDOT 3312498 · MC-1052494 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

ZENITH LOGISTICS LLC

84 power unitsavg 4 yrNational · 40 statesELK GROVE VILLAGE, IL87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1052494 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 30.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 3.5%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 85 vehicle and 200 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

26.1% · latest 6-mo window▼ Falling

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending down 2.2 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

195 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 17

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 84-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
84
Inspections · 24 mo
200
Annualized
≈100 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

79%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
41%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
28%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
53%
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 Driving74 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance28 · 24 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 4 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 4 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance9 · 7 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance7 · 1 OOS
  • 392.16 Failure to use seat beltUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance5 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

14 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent May 20, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

8ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
3False logs
1Drove over hours

Trending worse — 75% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 23 total · 17 in 24 mo

23
Total crashes
17
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
9
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263013
2025110411
20245024
20232002
20211011
20201011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 13, 2026GA00Yes
Mar 12, 2026OK01Yes
Jan 16, 2026IN00Yes
Dec 28, 2025AL00Yes
Nov 12, 2025TX01Yes
Sep 23, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 16, 2025GA00Yes
Jul 27, 2025AL02Yes
Jul 19, 2025LA01Yes
Jul 13, 2025TN00Yes
Jul 8, 2025AR00Yes
Apr 24, 2025MS00Yes
Mar 19, 2025KS00Yes
Mar 15, 2025NC01Yes
Dec 5, 2024IN00Yes
Nov 4, 2024MO00Yes
Oct 25, 2024SC01Yes
Jun 3, 2024MD01No
Apr 12, 2024VA00Yes
Aug 28, 2023MS00Yes
Jun 7, 2023OH00Yes
Nov 18, 2021PA01Yes
Oct 23, 2020TN01Yes