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Company CheckGROUNDHAWG FAST FREIGHT SERVICE LLC · DOT 1097676

6565 N AVONDALE, CHICAGO, IL, 60631

DOT# 1097676 MC# 457927 Chicago, Illinois

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 14, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Sep 19, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Aug 27, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 31, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 16, 2024
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

Public FMCSA record · blue clean · orange change · red risk.

Contact Details

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Physical Address6565 N AVONDALE, CHICAGO, IL, 60631

Mailing Address6565 N AVONDALE, CHICAGO, IL, 60631

Operating Authorities

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC457927

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerInactive

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire

SMS BASIC Scores

FMCSA safety categories, last 24 months. Above Cutoff = FMCSA flags a problem · Below cutoff = within limits · Clean = no violations.

Unsafe Driving

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .75 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage125,000 miles

Mileage Year2021

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatYes

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS20.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/04/2026

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN144785

Last checked09/13/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers8

Mileage125,000 mi

MCS-15009/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Safety Trends by Year

Roadside inspections and crashes on file, year over year. The red portion of each inspection bar is the out-of-service share; ▲/▼ compares to the prior year.

Inspections · red = OOS

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

2 · 0 OOS =

2025

3 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

No crashes on record.

Based on FMCSA crash and roadside inspection records (rolling 3-year window). The latest year may be partial.

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Live FMCSA roadside inspections through Sep 2025, 4 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (25% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

1 roadside violations across 4 inspections, grouped into FMCSA safety-behavior categories. The shaded portion shows how many were serious enough to result in an out-of-service order.

ViolationsOut-of-service

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Categories follow FMCSR violation parts (Part 393/396 = Vehicle Maintenance, Part 395 = HOS; "Other" = general/administrative parts such as 390). Raw violation counts and out-of-service results, not FMCSA percentile rankings, which are not published for property carriers.

Inspection Records (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver OOS	HazMat
09/19/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	CHESTERTON IN	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	CHESTERTON IN	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/31/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	STOUGHTON WI	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2024	US	Full (Level I)	CHESTERTON IN	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2024	IN	Full (Level I)	CHESTERTON IN	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/03/2023	IL	Full (Level I)	I-94	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

FMCSA SMS percentile rankings. Higher percentile = worse performance relative to peers.

Total Inspections5

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 5415181	$1,000,000	08/27/2012	05/13/2014	Replaced
34	CARGO	GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK	IMP 749-48-05	$0	05/14/2007	05/13/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 5415181	$0	05/13/2009	02/19/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 5415181	$1,000,000	05/13/2009	08/27/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LG10010236000	$750,000	05/13/2008	05/13/2008	Replaced
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LG10010236100	$0	05/13/2008	05/13/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LG10010236000	$750,000	05/13/2008	05/13/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	LG10010236100	$0	05/13/2008	05/13/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 5766132	$750,000	05/13/2007	05/13/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	493460	$750,000	05/13/2006	05/13/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	468374	$750,000	05/13/2005	05/13/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	435284	$750,000	05/13/2004	05/13/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	392000	$750,000	05/13/2003	05/13/2004	Cancelled
85	TRUST FUND	PACIFIC FINANCIAL ASSOCIATION, INC.	NONE	$0	01/09/2004	02/12/2010	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC457927	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/23/2003	-	-
MC457927	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/18/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/11/2005
MC457927	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/17/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/17/2006
MC457927	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/16/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/17/2007
MC457927	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/16/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/14/2004
MC457927	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	01/15/2004	REVOKED	02/22/2010

No revocation records.

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92/100

Excellent

VERIFIED

Every carrier starts at 100. We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor below. Verified means all four core requirements pass.

Score breakdown, from 100 to 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

Driver out-of-service rate above national average−5

Operating history unknown−3

Verification, 4 core requirements

Active operating authority

FMCSA shows the USDOT registration and authority are active.

Authorized for hire

Holds active for-hire (common or contract) authority.

Active insurance on file

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Operating history unknown

No authority grant date on file.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

How we calculate the Trust Score

Every company starts at 100

We subtract points for each missing requirement or risk factor. Verified means all the core requirements for that company's type pass. Nothing is added back, the score is a deduction model built only on public FMCSA data. No pay-to-play, no opinions.

Requirements differ by company type

Each company is judged fairly on its own FMCSA obligations. Anything that doesn't apply shows as a grey N/A, not required, never a penalty.

Carrier (for-hire)

Operating authority, authorized-for-hire, insurance on file, safety rating.

Broker

Broker authority + $75k surety bond (BMC-84/85). MCS-150 not required (no fleet).

Freight forwarder

FF authority + $75k bond + BOC-3. MCS-150 not required (no trucks).

Private carrier

Active USDOT + MCS-150 + safety. No operating authority / for-hire / insurance filing required (hauls its own goods).

Crashes are scaled, not flat

Crash history is proportional. We don't apply a flat penalty, we scale it to (a) crashes per vehicle in the fleet and (b) the share of those crashes that were fatal. So a big, safe fleet barely moves; a small fleet with many (and fatal) crashes takes a large hit.

0 pts deductedscaled by rate & severityup to −28 pts

Low end

50,000 vehicles + 1 crash → ~0 pts. A huge fleet with very few crashes per vehicle is almost untouched.

High end

5 vehicles + 3 crashes incl. fatal → large deduction (near the −28 cap). Many crashes per truck, fatal-heavy.

Mechanics: deduction is capped at 28 points, weighted roughly 60% on crashes-per-vehicle and 40% on the fatal ratio. Zero crashes = zero deduction. If fleet size is unknown, only crash severity can move the score (conservative).

Out-of-service rate vs. the national average

Driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are measured against the FMCSA national average, not a flat number. A company only takes the deduction when it sits above the national benchmark, for example “Vehicle OOS 37% vs national avg 20.7%”.

Point reference, the full menu

Every factor and exactly how many points it can remove. Knockout factors (they also fail Verification) are marked.

Factor	Points
USDOT / authority not active with FMCSA knockout	−25
Missing operating authority (when required) knockout	−15
No insurance or surety bond on file (when required) knockout	−25
Unsatisfactory safety rating knockout	−30
Conditional safety rating	−12
MCS-150 biennial update overdue (carriers)	−10
Crashes, rate-adjusted (per-vehicle & fatal share)	0 to −28
Driver OOS rate above national average	−5
Vehicle OOS rate above national average	−5
Very new carrier (under 1 year)	−10
Limited operating history (1-3 years)	−6
Moderate operating history (3-5 years)	−3
Operating history unknown	−3
No public phone number	−3
No public email address	−2

All inputs come from public FMCSA records (operating authority, insurance/bond filings, the SAFER/SMS safety profile, crash & inspection reports). If FMCSA updates a record, the score updates with it. For the full deduction table, see the methodology page.

GROUNDHAWG FAST FREIGHT SERVICE LLC

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Company Information

Contact Details

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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