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Company CheckDARKSIDE TRUCKING LTD · DOT 1242834

1635 JOHN STREET, ZANESVILLE, OH, 43701

DOT# 1242834 MC# 640755 Zanesville, Ohio 18 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jul 6, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 5

Jul 6, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 26, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 15, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Sep 13, 2024
Crash reported (no fatalities).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1635 JOHN STREET, ZANESVILLE, OH, 43701

Mailing Address3955 CHANDLERSVILLE ROAD, ZANESVILLE, OH, 43701

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC640755

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating18 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 5.57 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .42 · 2 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 7.73 · 14 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage817,404 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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS4.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS23.5% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review02/29/2024

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective03/26/2025

CompanyPROGRESSIVE PREFERRED INSURANCE CO.

Policy #CA994600810

Last checked08/26/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers9

Mileage817,404 mi

Operating18 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total25

Out of Service1

OOS Rate4.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total17

Out of Service4

OOS Rate23.5%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 02/29/2024 | Rated: 11/03/2010

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

3 · 2 OOS -

2024

9 · 1 OOS ▼

2025

11 · 1 OOS =

2026

12 · 3 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

1 crash =

2025

0 crashes ▼

2026

0 crashes =

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 Jul 2026, 25 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (20% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

Full crash history on file (all years), newest first. This list may show more than the headline Crashes figure above, because that figure follows the official FMCSA 24-month SMS window used for the Trust Score, older crashes still appear here for transparency.

Date	Location	State	Fatal	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
09/13/2024	DONEGAL TOWNSHIP	PA	0	0	1	5	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/17/2023	BOWLING GREEN (TOWNSHIP O	OH	0	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

38 roadside violations across 25 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 25 violations · 5 OOS

Unsafe Driving 10 violations · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 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 (35)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/06/2026	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	RAVENNA OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/26/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	255	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/15/2026	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	CANTON OH	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/26/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	US-40 AT CR 1610 E	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2026	OH	Full (Level I)	CAMBRIDGE OH	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
05/11/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/23/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAMBRIDGE OH	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
02/06/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAMBRIDGE OH	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
02/04/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	SALESVILLE OH	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
02/02/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	PACIFIC MO	5	0	2	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	EUREKA MO	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	EATON OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	EUREKA MO	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	TERRE HAUTE IN	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR356 AT SR422 BUTLER TWP - SR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	BUCKEYE LAKE OH	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/12/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	031 - MARYVILLE - I-55/70 S/B	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/22/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/03/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROOTSTOWN OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/30/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST HARRISON IN	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/18/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTH JACKSON OH	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROOTSTOWN OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGETOWN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
09/12/2024	OH	Full (Level I)	CAMBRIDGE SCALES	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
07/22/2024	PA	Full (Level I)	SEVEN FIELDS PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	ST. LOUIS MO	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAMBRIDGE SCALES	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/28/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/24/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	ST. LOUIS MO	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/03/2024	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON UNNAMED STREET 536 FEET EAS	3	0	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2023	OH	Full (Level I)	CAMBRIDGE SCALES	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
11/02/2023	OH	Full (Level I)	ROADSIDE	5	3	0	0	5	3	-	▲Detail
11/02/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections26

Unsafe Driving 4 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 14 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST121284	$1,000,000	07/07/2008	03/26/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST121284	$1,000,000	07/07/2008	03/27/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST121284	$1,000,000	05/22/2008	07/07/2008	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	SAGAMORE INSURANCE COMPANY	ST121284	$1,000,000	03/27/2008	05/22/2008	Cancelled
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	0510ZRCR802950-MTC083	$0	03/27/2008	03/26/2009	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	0510ZRCR802950-MTC083	$0	03/27/2008	03/27/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS LONDON	0510ZRCR802950-MTC083	$0	03/27/2008	07/07/2008	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0005364001	$750,000	03/26/2023	03/26/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	9768290	$1,000,000	03/26/2016	03/26/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CENTRAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	9768290	$1,000,000	03/26/2016	04/22/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY	PRA 9460199	$750,000	03/26/2015	03/26/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0006542	$750,000	03/26/2012	03/26/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0050754	$1,000,000	03/26/2010	03/26/2012	Replaced
34	CARGO	LANCER INSURANCE COMPANY	CM0050754	$0	03/26/2010	04/25/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0028359	$1,000,000	03/26/2009	03/26/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0028359	$0	03/26/2009	03/26/2010	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC640755	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/28/2023	-	-
MC640755	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	07/24/2008	REVOKED	11/22/2023
MC640755	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/09/2008	REVOKED	07/07/2008
MC640755	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/02/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/18/2009
MC640755	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/02/2009	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/18/2009
MC640755	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/01/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/24/2010
MC640755	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/27/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/17/2025

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93/100

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 93

Starts at 100−7 totalFinal 93

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−2

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

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 23.5294% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−2 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 23.5294% vs national avg 20.72%.

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.

DARKSIDE TRUCKING LTD

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Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (35)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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