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Company CheckDS EXPRESS INC · DOT 1501800

2070 KENTLAND DR, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446

DOT# 1501800 MC# 679615 Romeoville, Illinois 17 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Sep 12, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 23, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jun 17, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
May 11, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address2070 KENTLAND DR, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446

Mailing Address2070 KENTLAND DR, ROMEOVILLE, IL, 60446

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC679615

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating17 years

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Hazardous Materials

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 3.35 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 3.34 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage647,933 miles

Mileage Year2023

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 OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS23.1% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/11/2026

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN327609

Last checked09/12/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet8 units

Drivers8

Mileage647,933 mi

Operating17 years

MCS-15010/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total18

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total13

Out of Service3

OOS Rate23.1%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total11

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

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

8 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

8 · 2 OOS =

2026

9 · 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 Aug 2026, 18 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 4 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

17 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

Vehicle Maintenance 13 violations · 4 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Hazardous Materials 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 (26)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/23/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	033 - WILLIAMSVILLE - I-55 S/B	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	IA	2	0	1	1	0	1	▲Detail
06/17/2026	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	OK	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/11/2026	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOORHEAD MN	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/01/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	AMHERST OH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/17/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	EDDYVILLE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	KS	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2026	MO	Full (Level I)	FORISTELL MO	2	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLEASANT PRAIRIE WI	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	GORDONSVILLE TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/20/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	N	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/25/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	MICHIGAN CITY IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	LOCKBOURNE OH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/24/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	70	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	5	2	0	5	2	-	▲Detail
03/09/2025	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-57	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/17/2025	MS	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAUDERDALE COUNTY	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/27/2024	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-44 @ 193RD E AVE	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/27/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE INSPECTION	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/31/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	WADSWORTH SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	KNIGHTSTOWN IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/31/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	BATESVILLE IN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
05/09/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/18/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	GIRARD(HUBBARD)SCALES	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/29/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	57	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/08/2023	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEW BUFFALO SCALE E/B	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections18

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 7 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO. OF ILLINOIS	PRA9667773	$750,000	07/07/2009	11/10/2009	Cancelled
34	CARGO	ZURICH AMERICAN INS. CO. OF ILLINOIS	PRA9667773	$0	07/07/2009	11/10/2009	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS048830	$750,000	05/15/2015	05/05/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN235728	$1,000,000	05/05/2018	01/25/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	FBCAT0359701	$1,000,000	05/05/2017	05/05/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARCH INSURANCE COMPANY	FBCAT0359700	$1,000,000	05/05/2016	05/05/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS048830	$750,000	05/05/2015	05/05/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRS048830	$1,000,000	05/05/2015	05/05/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN283373	$1,000,000	01/25/2021	03/24/2023	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC679615	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	07/10/2009	REVOKED	11/16/2009
MC679615	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/01/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/02/2015
MC679615	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/14/2015	-	-
MC679615	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/10/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/27/2017
MC679615	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/09/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/02/2018
MC679615	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/08/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/06/2016
MC679615	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/27/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/02/2023

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

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

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 23.0769% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 23.0769% 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.

DS EXPRESS INC

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (26)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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