FREIGHT WAY LOGISTICS LLC

DOT# 2861789 MC# 959071 Crestwood, IL Authorized For-Hire
(989) 495-2677 freightwayllc@gmail.com 4545 137th Street, Crestwood IL 60418
23 tractors 24 drivers 1.7M mi/yr · ~75k per unit
Strong
FRED Score 88.8 / 100
High confidence
10 yrs history · 86 roadside inspections

FMCSA Live Status

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
23
Drivers · CDL
24 · 24
Annual miles
1.7M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 0 0 0 0
Tractors 3 20 0 23
Trailers 29 4 0 33

Registration

Registered
03-05-2016 (10 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
08-27-2026
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
IGOR CVETANOVSKI

Cargo

59.7
medium risk
Meat Refrigerated Food General Freight Fresh Produce Beverages US Mail Paper Products
High-Risk Cargo
General Freight, 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 a 90% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 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 0.61×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
1.4 vs 2.2 for similar fleets
Likely 0–3 crashes
This motor carrier
1.4
Similar fleets
2.2
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~4%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Leans better, not yet proven. 2 crashes on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 1 a year), including 1 with injuries; similar fleets have about 2.2 a year. The grade counts 3 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Worse than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 1.32× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate +6%. 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
    1 crash with 1 person hurt in 24 months.
    Ask: claim status and driver history for these crashes.
  • Drivers put out of service
    4 out-of-service violations against drivers: 3 hours of service, 1 no valid CDL (Jun 2025 – Apr 2026).
    Ask: driver supervision and dispatch practices.
  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 35 of 112 violations (31%). Light or brake defects led to 10 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.
Strengths
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 2
  • Substance violations: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Sep 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
2
0 fatalities · 1 injury · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
86
45% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
28.3%
13 of 46
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
5.8%
5 of 86
National avg 6.7%
Violations
112
21 out-of-service

Inspected more often than interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Illinois (about 39 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 10 inspections, 2 out of service 10 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 14 inspections, 3 out of service 14 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 15 inspections, 2 out of service 15 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 10 inspections, 4 out of service 10 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 14 inspections, 3 out of service 14 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 9 inspections, 1 out of service 9 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q3 '26
Sep 25–30, 2024 isn't charted (too little of that quarter is on file); the 24-month totals include its 1 inspection.
vs 10,543 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.022 0.029
Inspections 2.26 1.12
Violations 2.46 0.78
Critical violations 0.52 0.15

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, medium-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

112 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    83 · 17 OOS
    Lights 35 · Brakes 27 · Tires 9 · Cargo securement 5 · Other parts 7
  • Hours of service No alert
    22 · 3 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 8 · False log 6 · Over hours limit 6 · No log 2
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    6 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 3 · Reckless / lane 2 · Seat belt 1
  • Driver fitness No alert
    1 · 1 OOS
    No valid CDL 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
  • May
    18
    2025
    Texas
    Injury · 1 person hurt
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided positive barrier.
  • Sep
    27
    2024
    Indiana
    Property damage only
    Wet road, dark - not lighted, rain, two-way trafficway not divided.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through Nov 7, 2026
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Liability (BIPD)
$1,000,000 · American Inter-Fidelity Exchange
on record since Sep 30, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Mar 2016
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
  • One liability insurer throughout
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required

Operating authority active (FMCSA's new registration system, status since Apr 6, 2016)

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
  • Illinois (HQ) 10
  • New Mexico 9
  • Missouri 8
  • Texas 7
  • California 6
  • Wisconsin 5
  • Tennessee 4
  • Arkansas 3

12% of inspections were in its home state.