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Company CheckVS TRANSPORTERS LLC · DOT 1997748

1705 WEST 86TH LN, MERRILLVILLE, IN, 46410

DOT# 1997748 MC# 705696 Merrillville, Indiana 16 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

4 events tracked · latest Feb 20, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Feb 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Dec 4, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 17, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 19, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1705 WEST 86TH LN, MERRILLVILLE, IN, 46410

Mailing AddressP O BOX 11818, MERRILLVILLE, IN, 46411

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC705696

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 .33 · 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage792,041 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)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS20.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS100.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review09/11/2013

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective07/11/2021

CompanyGREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.

Policy #MCP72979A

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet15 units

Drivers15

Mileage792,041 mi

Operating16 years

MCS-15008/2024

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total5

Out of Service1

OOS Rate20.0%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service1

OOS Rate100.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 09/11/2013

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

2 · 2 OOS -

2024

2 · 1 OOS ▼

2025

2 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

1 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

1 crash ▲

2025

1 crash =

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 Feb 2026, 3 inspections, 0 resulted in out-of-service (0% OOS rate).

Clean, no out-of-service violations in the last 24 months.

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
12/04/2025	BURNS HARBOR(PORTER)	IN	0	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
06/17/2024	HIGHLAND (TOWNSHIP OF)	OH	0	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

2 roadside violations across 3 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

Unsafe Driving 2 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 (7)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
02/20/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LA PORTE IN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-294 SB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WESTVILLE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GOSHEN IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2024	OH	Full (Level I)	ROADSIDE/DEFIANCE	6	2	2	1	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/22/2023	MI	Full (Level I)	NEW BUFFALO SCALE E/B	9	2	1	0	8	2	-	▲Detail
08/17/2023	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 20 WB NEAR CR 21	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 8140120	$1,000,000	12/06/2013	07/11/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CRUM & FORSTER INDEMNITY COMPANY	506-8994373	$750,000	07/11/2020	07/11/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LFI0001694	$750,000	07/11/2019	07/11/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0006443	$750,000	07/11/2016	04/11/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	LTO0024119	$750,000	07/11/2015	07/11/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0047043	$750,000	07/11/2014	07/11/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 8140120	$1,000,000	07/11/2011	12/06/2013	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76987A	$1,000,000	06/29/2010	07/11/2011	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76987A	$1,000,000	06/29/2010	08/15/2011	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76987A	$0	06/29/2010	08/15/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0009971	$750,000	06/18/2019	07/11/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0006443	$750,000	04/11/2017	01/09/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76987A	$1,000,000	03/23/2010	06/29/2010	Cancelled
34	CARGO	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP76987A	$0	03/23/2010	06/29/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INDEMNITY COMPANY	LTI0006510	$750,000	01/09/2018	06/18/2019	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC705696	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/18/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/12/2019
MC705696	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/15/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/13/2015
MC705696	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/02/2010	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/07/2010
MC705696	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/22/2019	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/12/2019
MC705696	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/24/2010	-	-

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78/100

Good

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 78

−10

Starts at 100−22 totalFinal 78

MCS-150 update overdue−10

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

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

-10

MCS-150 update overdue

The required biennial MCS-150 update has not been filed on time (score factor, not a verification failure).

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 100% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 15 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: 2 crash(es) across 15 vehicles (~0.13 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 20% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 100% 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.

VS TRANSPORTERS LLC

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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 (7)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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