Carrier profile · USDOT 653783 · MC-307712 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

Whimsy Inc

142 power unitsavg 12.9 yrMulti-region · 9 statesMOUNT PROSPECT, IL88/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-307712 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
Verified linkswhimsytrucking.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 21.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 0.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 78 vehicle and 131 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

35.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

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

127 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Sep '25 · 14

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.

Expected band
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.5 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Roadside-inspection volume is about what you'd expect for a 142-unit fleet — enough signal to read the safety record, though not a heavy sample.
Registered power units
142
Inspections · 24 mo
131
Annualized
≈66 / yr
Coverage
≈0.5 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

40%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
60%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
54%
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 Driving52 · 0 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance44 · 11 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance18 · 5 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance12 · 2 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance11 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance10 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance10 · 6 OOS
  • 395.8 Record of duty status (log / ELD) not current or missingHOS Compliance7 · 1 OOS
  • 396.3 Inspection / repair / maintenance not performedVehicle Maintenance6 · 3 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

24 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Feb 25, 2026. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

13ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
5False logs
4Drove over hours

Trending worse — 85% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 80 total · 8 in 24 mo

80
Total crashes
8
In last 24 mo
2
Fatal
29
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20263003
20253023
20243013
20239038
20225025
20213123
20201001
20193023
20186016
20174014
20163113
20153023
20141001
20132002
20121001
20112002
20104033
20093021
20081001
20075005
20061011
20051011
20041001
20033023
20014023
20001001
19992002
19981001
19971010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
May 1, 2026IL00Yes
Apr 7, 2026IN00Yes
Feb 5, 2026MO00Yes
Nov 5, 2025IN01Yes
Oct 9, 2025IL00Yes
Sep 29, 2025IL01Yes
Oct 10, 2024IL01Yes
Sep 30, 2024IL00Yes
Jan 22, 2024IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2023IN00Yes
Aug 31, 2023WI00Yes
Aug 31, 2023IL00Yes
May 10, 2023IL00Yes
May 9, 2023IL00Yes
May 1, 2023IL02Yes
Mar 3, 2023IL02No
Feb 28, 2023IL02Yes
Jan 30, 2023IL00Yes
Oct 11, 2022IL00Yes
May 2, 2022MO00Yes
Feb 11, 2022IL01Yes
Feb 2, 2022MI01Yes
Jan 19, 2022IL00Yes
Nov 9, 2021MI00Yes
Jun 16, 2021MO01Yes