LEGACY EXPRESS TRUCKING INC

DOT# 1744355 MC# 772181 Joliet, IL Authorized For-Hire
(708) 897-0580 isaaci@legacy-express.com 2800 Schweitzer Rd, Joliet IL 60435
205 tractors 165 drivers 10.5M mi/yr · ~51k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 50.0 / 100
High confidence
18 yrs history · 249 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
205
Drivers · CDL
165 · 165
Annual miles
10.5M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 28 177 0 205
Trailers 21 10 0 31

Registration

Registered
03-04-2008 (18 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
03-27-2025
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
ISMAIL SALEH

Cargo

68.2
medium risk
Household Goods Drive/Tow Away Intermodal Containers Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Other: EMPTY CONTAINERS Grain/Feed/Hay US Mail Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
Drive/Tow Away, General Freight, Household Goods, Refrigerated Food, Meat

Note: "General Freight" is a catch-all; the actual cargo mix and its risk may differ.

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Too little record to tell how this motor carrier's crash rate compares with similar fleets.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 200–499 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 1.11×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Leaning Marginal. Its estimate (1.11× similar fleets) is in the Marginal range, but the record isn't strong enough to be 60% sure it is above the Marginal line (1.06×), so the grade stays Satisfactory.
Expected crashes, next 12 months
6.8 vs 6.1 for similar fleets
Likely 2–12 crashes
This motor carrier
6.8
Similar fleets
6.1
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~18%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
About typical. 16 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 8 a year), including 6 with injuries; similar fleets have about 6.1 a year. The grade counts 22 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Much worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 2.15× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +9%: roadside results weigh far less than crash history. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Injury crashes
    6 crashes with 6 people hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    6 out-of-service violations against drivers: 4 hours of service, 2 no valid CDL (Feb 2025 – Aug 2025).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Brakes and lights
    Brakes are 55 of 254 violations (22%). Brake or light defects led to 29 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Falsified logs
    6 false-log violations in 24 months.
    Ask: how hours are audited against ELD and fuel records.
  • Unsafe driving
    Cited 3 for speeding 15+ mph over or in a work zone and 7 for phone use.
    Ask: telematics, speed governance and phone policy.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    35.3% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (41 of 116), but across all its inspections out-of-service orders are 1.05× what's expected for where and how it's inspected, the measure the grade uses.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 2.0% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 8
  • Excessive speeding: 28

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Jul 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
16
0 fatalities · 6 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
249
45% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
35.3%
41 of 116
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
2.0%
5 of 249
National avg 6.7%
Violations
254
58 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 200–499 trucks in Illinois (about 267 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 40 inspections, 3 out of service 40 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 55 inspections, 7 out of service 55 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 44 inspections, 9 out of service 44 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 49 inspections, 14 out of service 49 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 35 inspections, 8 out of service 35 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 16 inspections, 2 out of service 16 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 5 inspections, 1 out of service 5 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 2 inspections, 0 out of service 2 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 3 inspections.
vs 940 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.037 0.023
Inspections 1.00 0.77
Violations 0.62 0.33
Critical violations 0.17 0.07

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 200–499 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

254 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    154 · 52 OOS
    Brakes 55 · Lights 49 · Tires 22 · Cargo securement 6 · Wheels & hubs 2 · 20 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    60 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 30 · Reckless / lane 13 · Phone use 7 · Seat belt 6 · Other 4
  • Hours of service No alert
    37 · 4 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 13 · Over hours limit 13 · False log 6 · No log 5
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 2 OOS
    No valid CDL 3
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Jun
    16
    2026
    Illinois
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Dec
    8
    2025
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Dark - lighted, one-way trafficway not divided.
  • Nov
    10
    2025
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Snow road, dark - lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Oct
    1
    2025
    Tennessee
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Sep
    2
    2025
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median. FMCSA: not preventable.
  • Jul
    8
    2025
    Georgia
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jul
    8
    2025
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jun
    28
    2025
    Missouri
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

8 more in the FMCSA records below.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · Great West Casualty Co
on record since Dec 1, 2024 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Jan 2019
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 7, 2026
  • 2 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 1 change: WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY → Great West Casualty Co (Dec 2024)
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Feb 2, 2012)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Missouri 60
  • Indiana 54
  • Illinois (HQ) 29
  • Michigan 16
  • Tennessee 16
  • Kentucky 11
  • Arkansas 10
  • Ohio 10

12% of inspections were in its home state.