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SARA TRANS EXPRESS INC

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Company CheckSARA TRANS EXPRESS INC · DOT 1961791

1780 NORTH HERCULES AVENUE, CLEARWATER, FL, 33765

DOT# 1961791 MC# 754915 Clearwater, Florida 15 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 Aug 12, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 12, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 5, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 29, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 25, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1780 NORTH HERCULES AVENUE, CLEARWATER, FL, 33765

Mailing Address1780 NORTH HERCULES AVENUE, CLEARWATER, FL, 33765

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC754915

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating15 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 4.98 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .44 · 4 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 3.77 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage975,139 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS27.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective09/07/2013

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN128981

Last checked09/12/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet8 units

Drivers10

Mileage975,139 mi

Operating15 years

MCS-15012/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total26

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total11

Out of Service3

OOS Rate27.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

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 · 0 OOS -

2024

10 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

14 · 3 OOS ▲

2026

9 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

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 Aug 2026, 25 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (12% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (1)

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
07/30/2024	I-65	TN	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

20 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

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 10 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (36)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/12/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	BOWLING GREEN OH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2026	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2026	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	TALLAHASSEE FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/25/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH35E NB 408 MM	2	0	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	TROY AL	4	0	4	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2026	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	WABAUNSEE WEST M.C.I.S. #21W	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/10/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	INDIANAPOLIS IN	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONTICELLO FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/05/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH30 WB MT PLEASANT SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIMON CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/04/2025	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	VAN BUREN AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/20/2025	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	BRUNDIDGE AL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LONDON	3	1	2	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/11/2025	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORT COLLINS CO	2	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/10/2025	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	GEORGE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/29/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LONDON	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/13/2025	AL	Full (Level I)	DEATSVILLE AL	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2025	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	PENSACOLA FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/16/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAMAR CO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2025	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	SEFFNER FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/28/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	FINDLAY OH	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/03/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/18/2025	FL	Walk-Around (Level II)	BELLEVIEW FL	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	US-30 W AT THE HALLAM EXIT	3	0	3	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2024	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	NORTON COUNTY - 137	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/30/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	PORTLAND TN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2024	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHIEFLAND FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2024	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	POOLER GA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/25/2024	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEE FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2024	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	LIVE OAK FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/29/2024	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	WHITE SPRINGS FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2024	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	PALM COAST FL	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/23/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	5	1	2	3	1	-	▲Detail
11/07/2023	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	H36 MP174 COPE @H59	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/19/2023	GA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MULTI-LANE URBAN HIGHWAY	4	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/15/2023	NY	Driver-Only (Level III)	PREBLE REST AREA (NB)	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections24

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

HOS Compliance 4 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	013CP0064000	$750,000	10/04/2011	09/07/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	013CP0107300	$750,000	09/07/2012	09/07/2013	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SPARTA INSURANCE COMPANY	013CP0063700	$750,000	09/07/2011	10/04/2011	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC754915	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/13/2011	-	-
MC754915	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/12/2013	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/04/2013

No revocation records.

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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

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 27.2727% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 8 vehicles (~0.13 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 8 vehicles (~0.13 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 27.2727% 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.

SARA TRANS EXPRESS INC

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Contact Details

Operating Authorities

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 (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (36)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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