Carrier profile · USDOT 2562511 · MC-894276 · Updated Jul 18, 2026

Unique Freight Carriers Inc

110 power unitsavg 4.5 yrNational · 42 statesBLUE ISLAND, IL81/100

CARRIER ACTIVEMC-894276 ACTIVE

Observed fleet · trailing 24 mo daily

110Power units

196 observed · MCS-150

204Trailers seen

Decoded · vPIC

4.5Avg age (yr)

1997–2026 · vPIC

Call dispatch(708) 907-3070 Email dispatchsafety@uniquefreight.net

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Load decision · FMCSA snapshot · Jul 18, 2026

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Operating, but with flags a broker should weigh before tendering freight.

Watch · 2

Vehicle out-of-service rate above average30.8% vs the 22.26% national average.Fatal crash on record1 crash(es) involving a fatality are on this carrier's record.

In good standing · 3

Active operating authorityActive for-hire authority is on file with FMCSA.Insurance on fileBIPD (liability) insurance is on file with FMCSA.Established 12 yearsOperating authority has been on file since 2014.

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

21 in 24 mo

USDOT registration

yr registered

Active for-hire

Insurance (BIPD)$750K in force

FMCSA L&I

Vehicle OOS · 24-mo30.8%

▲ 22.26% nat'l

Crashes · fatal

21 in 24 mo

Vektor intelligence · beyond the federal recordProprietary signals computed from VIN-decoded inspections & daily FMCSA snapshots

Fleet typeIdentity

Small fleet

110 power units. Brokers price each fleet type apart.

Fleet age vs peersNewer

4.5 yr

Model years 1997–2026 · peer benchmark unavailable.

Identity stabilityStable

11 yr unchanged

Same registration since 2014 — no chameleon / reincarnation signal.

Safety

446 inspections · 24 mo · vs national benchmarks

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 30.8%24-mo cumulative

050%nat'l 22.26%

Driver OOS 2.9%24-mo cumulative

030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 172 vehicle and 446 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

28.6% · 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 5.1 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

420 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 24

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

≈2.0 / 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: 110
Inspections · 24 mo: 446
Annualized: ≈223 / yr
Coverage: ≈2.0 inspections / unit · yr

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 Driving191 · 1 OOS
393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance53 · 50 OOS
393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance44 · 14 OOS
395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance38 · 10 OOS
396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance16 · 9 OOS
393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance16 · 3 OOS
395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance13 · 0 OOS
393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving12 · 0 OOS
391.11 Driver not qualifiedDriver Fitness10 · 6 OOS

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Authority & Insurance

Can they legally + adequately haul your load?

Operating authority· 49 CFR · per type

Operating authority

Common: Active
Contract: Active
Broker: None

Insurance & bonds

BIPD / liability$750,000 in force

Cargo filing (census)Not recorded per census

Surety bond (census)Not recorded per census

Insurance adequacy· filed BIPD vs the $750K federal floor

$750K in forcegeneral-freight federal minimum

$750K floor

Filed BIPD coverage of $750K meets or exceeds the $750K federal minimum for general freight (49 CFR 387.9). Some commodities (hazmat, larger vehicles) require $1M–$5M — confirm against your load.

Insurance continuity· insurer · policy · lapses

$750K BIPD last filed ’26 · 7 insurers · 1 lapseCoverage lapse

Ace Property’18–’23

Ms Transverse’25–’26

2015201820212024now

Shorter eras are too brief to label at this scale — all 9 insurers are named in the list below.

BIPD in force — $750,000 · TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY · since Mar 2026

All 9 insurer eras · dates, limits, renewals

Insurer	Period	Limit	Renewals
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Mar 2026	$750K	2
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Jan 2025 → Mar 2024	$750K	1
TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Jan 2025	$750K	1
MS TRANSVERSE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2024 → Mar 2025	$750K	2
OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2023 → Mar 2024	$750K	2
ACE PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	Mar 2018 → Mar 2023	$750K	3
NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	Mar 2017 → Mar 2018	$750K	1
SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	Mar 2016 → Mar 2017	$750K	1
ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	Mar 2015 → Mar 2016	$750K	1

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Equipment

VIN-decoded · NHTSA vPIC

Capacity· power units = haulable capacity; trailers are towed

Registered power units (MCS-150): 110
Observed power (24 mo): 196
Trailers (towed): 204

Capacity is power units only — trailers are towed equipment and are never summed into a fleet-size figure.

Fleet age· model years · decoded VINs

4.5 yr

Average age

2026

Newest model yr

1997

Oldest model yr

75.3%

VINs decoded

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Operations & Lanes

Revealed by inspection density across 42 states · 24 mo

Operating footprint· revealed by roadside-inspection geography

Operating radiusNational

revealed

States observed

US states

Inspections · 24 mo

446

TN busiest

Inspection density by state· each tile = a state · shade = inspections, last 24 mo

Home base

BLUE ISLAND, IL

13156 FRANCISCO AVE STE C

Top corridor

TN ⇄ IL

TN 43 · IL 36 · NM 24

Density

fewermore

Shade = roadside inspections, last 24 mo.

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Network & Fraud

Affiliated entities & reincarnation signals · for review, not a verdict

Last 12 months: 26 trucks also ran under 22 other carriers

VINs inspected under this carrier were recently inspected under other USDOTs too — the active double-broker / shared-equipment signal: USDOT 2487790 USDOT 3212502 USDOT 3978235 USDOT 2107840 USDOT 3703537 USDOT 3637884 USDOT 3314964 USDOT 3943964Some overlap is legitimate (leased or sold equipment); review alongside the other signals.

Show all-time history (100 trucks · 104 carriers)

Across all inspections on record: USDOT 1567212 USDOT 3783302 USDOT 3822451 USDOT 3943964 USDOT 2876280 USDOT 2953815 USDOT 2971334 USDOT 3197835

Capacity consistency· registered vs roadside-observed power units

Registered (MCS-150)

110

Observed (24 mo)

196

Shared w/ other carriers

100

Roadside-observed power units materially exceed the registered MCS-150 fleet — confirm the carrier is operating within its filed capacity.

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Identity & Federal

FMCSA census + L&I dossier

Location

Physical address: 13156 FRANCISCO AVE STE C, BLUE ISLAND, IL, 60406
Operation: Interstate

Contact

Phone: (708) 907-3070
Email: safety@uniquefreight.net
Web domain: uniquefreight.net

Registration

Officers: Goran Jamnik · Filip Petrovic
USDOT / docket: 2562511 · MC-894276
First registered: Dec 3, 2014
Last MCS-150: May 13, 2026 · 14,833,368 mi (2025)
FMCSA safety rating: Not rated
Recordable crash rate: 0.00
D-U-N-S: —

Fleet (self-reported · MCS-150)

110

Power units

105

Drivers

105

CDL drivers

14,833,368

Annual mileage

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Federal activity

Daily-captured FMCSA licensing & insurance changes — monitored by Vektor

Federal record activity· monitored daily by Vektor

No licensing or insurance changes captured since Vektor began monitoring this carrier (June 2026). Quiet is usually good.

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Verification summaryAuthority, insurance, safety and identity facts for UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC.

UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC (USDOT 2562511) has a Vektor safety score of 81/100 and a Review before loading verdict, from the carrier's FMCSA record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier holds active common and contract for-hire operating authority per FMCSA L&I as of Jul 18, 2026.

It has an active BIPD insurance filing with a $750,000 limit in force from TRISURA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY effective Mar 27, 2026 in FMCSA L&I's current snapshot as of Jul 18, 2026.

Its vehicle out-of-service rate was 30.8% over the last 24 months, versus the 22.26% CVSA national average, from FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier received 446 roadside inspections in the last 24 months — 172 vehicle-level and 446 driver-level — across 42 states, according to FMCSA roadside-inspection data refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

The carrier has 21 reportable crashes in the last 24 months and 1 fatal crash across the full FMCSA crash record available as of Jul 18, 2026.

It reports 110 power units and 105 drivers in its most recent MCS-150 filing dated May 13, 2026.

It has no FMCSA-assigned safety rating in the federal record refreshed Jul 18, 2026.

Frequently asked

What is UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC's USDOT number?

UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC's USDOT number is 2562511, and its motor carrier number is MC-894276.

Is UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC authorized to operate?

As of Jul 18, 2026, UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC is active in the FMCSA register with common, contract, broker operating authority on file.

What is UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC's safety record?

UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC has a 30.8% vehicle out-of-service rate (national average 22.26%) across 667 roadside inspections, with 21 reportable crashes in the last 24 months, and is not currently rated by FMCSA. Vektor's computed risk score is 81/100 (tier: review).

How big is UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC's fleet?

UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC operates 110 power units and 105 drivers per its most recent MCS-150 filing.

Where is UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC based?

UNIQUE FREIGHT CARRIERS INC is based in BLUE ISLAND, IL, with roadside inspections recorded across 42 states.

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