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Company CheckMELVIN PETERSEN JR · DOT 1112935

DBA: MELVIN PETERSEN TRUCKING

1607 320TH ST, ATLANTIC, IA, 50022

DOT# 1112935 MC# 456809 Atlantic, Iowa 23 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

3 events tracked · latest Jul 23, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 2

Apr 14, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Apr 30, 2025
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).

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 Address1607 320TH ST, ATLANTIC, IA, 50022

Mailing Address1607 320TH ST, ATLANTIC, IA, 50022

Other Companies at This Address

Address1607 320TH ST, ATLANTIC, IA 50022

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Company	DOT	Phone	Status
MELVIN PETERSEN JR this company	1112935	Sign in	Active
MELVIN PETERSEN JR	8295868	Sign in	Active

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Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC456809

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating23 years

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 1.36 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 4.2 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 8 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage285,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review07/12/2011

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/10/2026

CompanyAUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #51-593646-00

Last checked07/23/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage285,000 mi

Operating23 years

MCS-15003/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total2

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total0

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Last FMCSA Review: 07/12/2011 | Rated: 04/03/2013

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

2024

1 · 1 OOS -

2025

1 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

1 · 0 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 Apr 2026, 2 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

6 roadside violations across 2 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

Vehicle Maintenance 3 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 0 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 (3)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/14/2026	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	HURON OH	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 2 E OF MT.AYR	4	0	1	3	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	28 - I80 WB MM 44 AVOCA	4	1	0	4	1	2	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0032307	$1,000,000	10/26/2010	01/27/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0032307	$1,000,000	10/26/2010	01/28/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0027737	$1,000,000	09/28/2009	01/28/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0027737	$1,000,000	08/10/2009	09/28/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0103591	$1,000,000	08/01/2006	02/09/2007	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0117944	$1,000,000	06/18/2008	01/14/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP13949A	$750,000	05/08/2003	03/17/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP13949A	$750,000	05/08/2003	02/09/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0035109	$1,000,000	05/02/2011	01/27/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0117944	$1,000,000	02/09/2008	06/18/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0105019	$1,000,000	02/09/2007	02/09/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	CTO0103591	$1,000,000	02/09/2006	08/01/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0013168	$1,000,000	02/09/2005	02/09/2006	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0032307	$1,000,000	01/28/2010	10/26/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0027737	$1,000,000	01/28/2009	08/10/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	MCP3160080GR	$750,000	01/27/2017	01/27/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN183704	$750,000	01/27/2016	01/27/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0044708	$750,000	01/27/2015	01/27/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0043853	$750,000	01/27/2014	01/27/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0038040	$750,000	01/27/2013	01/27/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0035131	$750,000	01/27/2012	01/27/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0035109	$1,000,000	01/27/2011	05/02/2011	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/31/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/27/2016
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/31/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/23/2015
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/31/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/22/2014
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/31/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/17/2013
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/29/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2010
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/01/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/28/2009
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/14/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/07/2009
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/05/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/12/2006
MC456809	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	05/29/2003	REVOKED	01/20/2009
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/22/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/12/2008
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/05/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/06/2011
MC456809	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/30/2009	-	-
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/16/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/02/2007
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/14/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/06/2008
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/13/2006	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/06/2006
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/04/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/21/2010
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/03/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/19/2012
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/03/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/26/2011
MC456809	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/02/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/25/2018

No revocation records.

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100/100

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

100, no deductions

Clean record, the bar stays full at 100.

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/10/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

Clean record, no deductions. This carrier starts and stays at 100.

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.

MELVIN PETERSEN JR

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (3)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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