Carrier profile · USDOT 453489 · Updated Jul 13, 2026

Groot Inc

230 power unitsLocal · 1 statesMCCOOK, IL58/100
AUTHORITY STATUS UNKNOWN
Verified linksgroot.comFMCSA SAFER

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 60.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 16.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 5 vehicle and 6 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

60.0% · latest 6-mo window

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. More resolved windows are needed to establish a trend. 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

5 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Nov '24 · 1

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.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 230-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
230
Inspections · 24 mo
6
Annualized
≈3 / yr
Coverage
≈0.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Hours-of-Service
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Vehicle Maintenance
3.25measure
SMS · per-BASIC

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.

  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving1 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance1 · 0 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance1 · 1 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

No hours-of-service or ELD violations on record across 8 inspections — a clean logging history.

Crash history· 94 total · 7 in 24 mo

94
Total crashes
7
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
36
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262022
20253003
20244004
20237026
20225014
20214014
20205025
20196016
20182012
20176026
20162012
20151001
20145015
20131011
20124034
20111001
20101001
20091001
20082022
20077037
20065015
20059178
20041001
20033012
19991011
19981001
19971011
19961001
19941010
19921011
19911001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Mar 25, 2026IL02Yes
Jan 28, 2026IL01Yes
Oct 10, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 19, 2025IL00Yes
Mar 13, 2025IL00Yes
Nov 15, 2024IL00Yes
Sep 17, 2024IL00Yes
Aug 19, 2024IL00Yes
Jul 9, 2024IL00Yes
Dec 1, 2023IL01Yes
Aug 12, 2023IL00Yes
Jul 26, 2023IL00Yes
May 5, 2023IL00Yes
Feb 8, 2023IL01No
Feb 2, 2023IL00Yes
Jan 20, 2023IL00Yes
Aug 17, 2022IL01No
Mar 2, 2022IL00Yes
Feb 2, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 13, 2022IL00Yes
Jan 4, 2022IL00Yes
Dec 27, 2021IL01Yes
Dec 21, 2021IL00Yes
Sep 10, 2021IL00Yes
Jan 4, 2021IL00Yes