INKA GROUP INC

DOT# 2098522 MC# 732640 Naperville, IL Authorized For-Hire
(630) 579-2900 safety@inka-group.com 1175 Frontenac Rd, Naperville IL 60565
55 tractors · all leased 52 drivers 7.2M mi/yr · ~130k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 70.7 / 100
High confidence
16 yrs history · 131 roadside inspections

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
55
Drivers · CDL
52 · 52
Annual miles
7.2M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 0 55 0 55
Trailers 0 55 0 55

Registration

FMCSA Rating
Satisfactory (11-05-2020) · 6 yr old
Registered
11-26-2010 (16 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
09-03-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 07, 2026
Officer
ALEXUS TRAN

Cargo

59.3
medium risk
Household Goods Metal: Sheets/Coils/Rolls Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Logs/Poles/Beams/Lumber Building Materials Fresh Produce Beverages Grain/Feed/Hay Paper Products Farm Supplies Construction
High-Risk Cargo
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.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: for-hire fleets of 50–99 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

Per truck, fleets like this one are expected to crash about 1.7× as often as the median active fleet of 50–99 trucks.

This motor carrier 0.81×
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▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
4.2 vs 5.2 for similar fleets
Likely 1–8 crashes
This motor carrier
4.2
Similar fleets
5.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~11%
About typical for similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 5 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 2.5 a year), including 1 fatal (1 death) and 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 5.2 a year. The grade counts 7 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.91× and out-of-service orders 1.46× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +12%: 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.

  • Fatal crash
    1 crash with 1 fatality in 24 months (most recent Aug 7, 2025).
    Ask: the accident register and loss runs for these crashes.
  • Injury crashes
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Lapse in liability filings
    284 days without a liability filing on FMCSA's record (Sep 13, 2025 – Jun 24, 2026) while the authority required one. A filing received later can be back-dated and close a lapse. Not in the grade.
    Ask: what covered the fleet during the gap.
  • Drivers put out of service
    5 out-of-service violations against drivers: 2 no valid CDL, 2 hours of service, 1 medical certificate (May 2025 – Sep 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 31 of 156 violations (20%). Light or brake defects led to 14 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
  • Vehicle out-of-service rate
    46.6% of vehicle inspections end out of service vs 22.3% nationally (27 of 58). Across all its inspections, out-of-service orders run 1.46× what's expected for where and how it's inspected.
Strengths
  • Driver out-of-service rate 4.6% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 9
  • Excessive speeding: 13
  • Substance violations: 3

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Sep 1, 2023 → Sep 30, 2026
Crashes
5
1 fatality · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
131
42% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
46.6%
27 of 58
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
4.6%
6 of 131
National avg 6.7%
Violations
156
38 out-of-service
Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 3 inspections, 0 out of service 3 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 11 inspections, 2 out of service 11 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 14 inspections, 4 out of service 14 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 8 inspections, 4 out of service 8 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 17 inspections, 5 out of service 17 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 38 inspections, 3 out of service 38 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 31 inspections, 11 out of service 31 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 4,520 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.064 0.025
Inspections 1.51 0.91
Violations 1.45 0.53
Critical violations 0.34 0.11

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: 50–99 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

156 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    99 · 33 OOS
    Lights 31 · Brakes 27 · Tires 19 · Wheels & hubs 6 · Steering & suspension 2 · 14 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    34 · 0 OOS
    Reckless / lane 17 · Speeding 13 · Phone use 2 · Other 2
  • Hours of service No alert
    20 · 2 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 15 · False log 3 · Over hours limit 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    3 · 3 OOS
    No valid CDL 2 · Medical certificate 1
  • 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
  • Aug
    13
    2026
    Kentucky
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Dark - lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Apr
    18
    2026
    Illinois
    Property damage only
    Dark - not lighted, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.
  • Jan
    17
    2026
    Pennsylvania
    Property damage only
    Snow road, daylight, snow.
  • Aug
    7
    2025
    Missouri
    Fatal · 1 death
    Daylight, one-way trafficway not divided.
    In the news
    SJPD identifies truck driver in fatal Interstate 229 crash - newspressnow.com
    News-Press NOW · Aug 7, 2025

    Why this link: FMCSA crash report MO0000115683 (MO0110100) lists INKA GROUP INC’s truck in this crash. This third-party news report covers a crash with the same date, place and number of deaths, matched automatically. It may not name INKA GROUP INC and doesn't establish fault. Wrong article?

  • Mar
    5
    2025
    Missouri
    Property damage only
    Snow road, dark - not lighted, snow, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

About “In the news”: these links go to third-party news reports that FRED Score matched automatically to FMCSA crash records — same date and place, with a truck or bus involved, and the same number of deaths or, for a crash that released hazardous materials, the release — and checked a second time before showing. A link doesn't mean this motor carrier caused the crash: FMCSA crash reports don't assign fault, and news coverage can be incomplete or wrong. FRED Score doesn't verify or endorse what the articles say.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 2, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$750,000 · Hoxbridge Insurance Company, Inc.
on record since Jun 24, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000
Cargo filing
not required by FMCSA (household-goods motor carriers only); the cargo policy is not on FMCSA's record
36 months to Nov 2, 2026
  • 4 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 3 changes: MS Transverse Insurance Company → Hoxbridge Insurance Company, Inc. (Jun 2026); CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY → MS Transverse Insurance Company (Jun 2025); OBSIDIAN INSURANCE COMPANY → CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Jun 2024)
  • 4 cancellation notices filed by insurers; 3 took effect (the last Sep 13, 2025, replaced 284 days later); 1 replaced before it took effect
  • 284 days without a liability filing (Sep 13, 2025 – Jun 24, 2026) while the authority required one; a later back-dated filing can close a lapse
Authority
  • FMCSA served a notice on Oct 6, 2026 that the operating authority would be suspended on Nov 5, 2026 unless the missing filing was restored; FMCSA's record through Nov 2, 2026 does not show the outcome — see the live check. FMCSA's new registration system launched May 14, 2026 and has recorded some insurance suspensions and requirement changes in error; confirm with the insurer or motor carrier before acting.
  • FMCSA notices resolved in time: 5

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Jan 28, 2011)

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
  • Georgia 11
  • Illinois (HQ) 11
  • Tennessee 10
  • Indiana 8
  • Missouri 8
  • North Carolina 8
  • Iowa 7
  • Arkansas 6

Runs well beyond its home state: 11 of 131 inspections were in Illinois.