Carrier profile · USDOT 1280389 · MC-499246 · Updated Sep 6, 2026

Lintrans Inc

149 power unitsavg 4.2 yrNational · 42 statesHINSDALE, IL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-499246 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 23.0%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.0%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 126 vehicle and 284 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

21.6% · 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 3.9 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

280 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '26 · 18

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 149-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
149
Inspections · 24 mo
284
Annualized
≈142 / yr
Coverage
≈1.0 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

80%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
28%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
7%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
27%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
52%
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 Driving189 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance34 · 29 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance28 · 9 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance20 · 6 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance20 · 2 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance13 · 9 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance12 · 0 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance9 · 0 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance9 · 3 OOS
  • 392.22 Driving of commercial motor vehiclesUnsafe Driving8 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

31 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Apr 17, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

18ELD device issues
1No log / no ELD
6False logs
3Drove over hours

Trending worse — 67% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 56 total · 14 in 24 mo

56
Total crashes
14
In last 24 mo
1
Fatal
16
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20267026
20257017
202410059
202310128
20229039
2021120212
20161011
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Jun 10, 2026TX01No
Jun 7, 2026MS01Yes
May 22, 2026MS00Yes
May 21, 2026TX00Yes
Apr 9, 2026CT00Yes
Mar 16, 2026IL00Yes
Mar 4, 2026SC00Yes
Dec 15, 2025IL00Yes
Oct 30, 2025GA00Yes
Jun 11, 2025NY01Yes
May 15, 2025PA00Yes
Apr 18, 2025PA00Yes
Mar 10, 2025PA00Yes
Jan 6, 2025PA00Yes
Aug 31, 2024KY00Yes
Aug 12, 2024LA01No
Jul 28, 2024KY00Yes
Apr 19, 2024MA01Yes
Apr 8, 2024OH00Yes
Mar 17, 2024CT03Yes
Feb 28, 2024VT01Yes
Feb 8, 2024KY01Yes
Jan 20, 2024WV00Yes
Jan 16, 2024NY00Yes
Aug 22, 2023OH00Yes