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Company CheckPOLAR LIGHTS TRANSPORT LTD · DOT 1146364

100-5610 46TH ST, OLDS, AB, T4H 1B8

DOT# 1146364 MC# 463706 Olds, AB 22 years

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1

Power Units

1

Drivers

0

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

10

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest May 28, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

May 28, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Feb 27, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 13, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 20, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Company Information

Legal NamePOLAR LIGHTS TRANSPORT LTD

DOT Number1146364

MC Number463706

Entity TypeCarrier

Operating StatusA - Active

LocationOlds, AB

Added07/01/2003

MCS-15004/20/2026

Contact Details

Phone(403) 438-3315

Email[email protected]

Physical Address100-5610 46TH ST, OLDS, AB, T4H 1B8

Mailing Address209-19945 56TH AVE, LANGLEY, BC, V3A 3Y2

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC463706

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating22 years

Company Overview

POLAR LIGHTS TRANSPORT LTD is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Olds, AB. The company has been in operation for 22 years, registered with the FMCSA on 07/01/2003. The fleet consists of 1 power unit and 1 driver. Annual mileage is reported at 100,397 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 10 inspections, POLAR LIGHTS TRANSPORT LTD maintains an excellent safety record. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, POLAR LIGHTS TRANSPORT LTD has a Trust Score of 100/100 (Excellent).

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

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 Mileage100,397 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

1

Interstate

0

Intrastate

0

CDL

1

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

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 Review03/13/2008

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective12/27/2021

CompanyATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #7L0589353

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage100,397 mi

Operating22 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total6

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total4

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 03/13/2008 | Rated: 03/18/2008

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

3 · 0 OOS -

2025

2 · 0 OOS =

2026

2 · 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 May 2026, 5 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (20% 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 5 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

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 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 (7)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
05/28/2026	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	LOWELL OR	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/27/2026	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	SHELBY MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	SHELBY MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	CONRAD MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/20/2024	CA	Full (Level I)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/11/2024	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CORDELIA IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections6

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	7L0589353	$750,000	12/27/2020	12/27/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	7L0589353	$750,000	12/27/2020	02/14/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	770578046	$750,000	12/27/2019	12/27/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	7L0551338	$2,000,000	12/27/2018	12/27/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	7L0551338	$2,000,000	12/27/2018	01/11/2020	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	5IM172440	$0	12/18/2007	05/20/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	INSURANCE CORPORATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA	81505	$750,000	12/01/2011	02/24/2014	Replaced
34	CARGO	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	5IM185974	$0	11/12/2009	03/27/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	81505	$1,000,000	08/05/2003	12/01/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	ILM 30236990	$0	07/25/2003	12/18/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	ILM 30236990	$0	07/25/2003	01/02/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	7L0515307	$2,000,000	02/24/2017	12/27/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	7L0515307	$2,000,000	02/24/2017	01/12/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INTERSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY	7L0008022	$1,000,000	02/24/2014	03/25/2017	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC463706	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/16/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/30/2019
MC463706	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/06/2007	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/21/2007
MC463706	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/16/2009	REVOKED	02/22/2021
MC463706	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/11/2003	REVOKED	05/26/2009
MC463706	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/01/2021	-	-
MC463706	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/28/2011	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/21/2011
MC463706	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/27/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/31/2017

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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

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.