Carrier profile · USDOT 1874170 · MC-676664 · Updated Aug 20, 2026

Ideality Inc

89 power unitsavg 10.9 yrNational · 38 statesARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-676664 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 21.1%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.1%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 123 vehicle and 178 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

31.8% · 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 6.2 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

169 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 12

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
≈1.0 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 89-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
89
Inspections · 24 mo
178
Annualized
≈89 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

48%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
40%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
71%
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 Driving57 · 1 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance52 · 4 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance30 · 5 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance25 · 10 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance24 · 13 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance18 · 11 OOS
  • 177.823 Other violationOther15 · 10 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance15 · 3 OOS
  • 393.53 Automatic brake adjusters / indicatorsVehicle Maintenance14 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

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

6ELD device issues
5No log / no ELD
8False logs
2Drove over hours

2 ELD violations in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 49 total · 10 in 24 mo

49
Total crashes
10
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
8
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20262002
20256016
20243003
20232112
20225025
20218018
20207016
20195015
20182002
20173013
20163003
20152002
20111001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 10, 2026VA00Yes
Jan 3, 2026IL00Yes
Jun 21, 2025UT00Yes
May 30, 2025PA01Yes
Mar 27, 2025TN00Yes
Feb 17, 2025OK00Yes
Jan 16, 2025MI00Yes
Jan 15, 2025CA00Yes
Dec 19, 2024NC00Yes
Nov 19, 2024TN00Yes
Jan 7, 2024AL00Yes
Aug 10, 2023WV11Yes
Jul 20, 2023OH00Yes
Dec 4, 2022NC01Yes
Oct 31, 2022KY00Yes
May 27, 2022CA00Yes
Apr 19, 2022MI00Yes
Mar 31, 2022WI02Yes
Oct 11, 2021IN00Yes
Sep 21, 2021IN00Yes
Jun 11, 2021ND00Yes
May 26, 2021IA00Yes
Apr 28, 2021KY00Yes
Apr 2, 2021NC00Yes
Mar 8, 2021KS00Yes