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Company CheckBUFFALO EXPRESS GROUP INC · DOT 1320629

5322 FENVIEW CT, LONG GROVE, IL, 60047

DOT# 1320629 MC# 707296 Long Grove, Illinois 16 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Dec 4, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Dec 4, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Sep 20, 2025
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jul 1, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jun 23, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

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Physical Address5322 FENVIEW CT, LONG GROVE, IL, 60047

Mailing Address5322 FENVIEW CT, LONG GROVE, IL, 60047

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC707296

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating16 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 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.04 · 3 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 5.14 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage143,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective09/05/2024

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA985985455

Last checked09/18/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers2

Mileage143,000 mi

Operating16 years

MCS-15005/2026

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

6 · 0 OOS -

2025

15 · 2 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 Dec 2025, 18 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (11.1% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

22 roadside violations across 18 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 10 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 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 (21)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
12/04/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/20/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-80 WB	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2025	AR	Full (Level I)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/23/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	NE	Full (Level I)	NORTH PLATTE EAST BOUND	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/04/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 151 NB	8	0	8	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/31/2025	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/24/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHARLESTON MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/07/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/06/2025	NE	Walk-Around (Level II)	WAVERLY WEST BOUND	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
01/23/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/22/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	02 - I80 EB MM 115 VAN METER	3	0	2	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/22/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	FORT MORGAN CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	DE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEWARK DE	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/07/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	28 - I80 WB MM 44 AVOCA	5	0	2	3	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2024	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-57 SB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/16/2024	US	Full (Level I)	WAVERLY NE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/10/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	02 - I80 EB MM 115 VAN METER	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections19

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 1722501	$1,000,000	09/28/2012	08/25/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 1722501	$1,000,000	09/28/2012	09/28/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA985985455	$750,000	09/05/2024	09/05/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA985985455	$750,000	09/05/2024	10/11/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA01045351	$750,000	09/05/2019	09/05/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 1722501	$1,000,000	07/10/2012	09/28/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8486553	$1,000,000	04/01/2012	07/10/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 8486553	$1,000,000	04/01/2012	08/14/2012	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP77143A	$1,000,000	03/29/2010	04/01/2012	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP77143A	$0	03/29/2010	12/19/2013	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC707296	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	09/17/2019	-	-
MC707296	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/04/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/10/2012
MC707296	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/29/2010	REVOKED	08/31/2015
MC707296	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/05/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/14/2012

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100/100

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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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

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.

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Quick Facts

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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (21)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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