← Back to Search

VALIDATED

DARK HORSE EXPRESS LLC

Trust Score

Excellent Why this score?

Company CheckDARK HORSE EXPRESS LLC · DOT 2110450

104 WESTERN ST, LOST NATION, IA, 52254

DOT# 2110450 MC# 735811 Lost Nation, Iowa 15 years

CARRIER

★★★★★ Ratings & reviews

Save to favorites Watch, alerts on changes Write a review Add a private note Download PDF report

Create free account →

Free • 30 seconds • Already a member? Log in

Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

Is this your company? Claim your profile →

Just researching? Create a free account →

Deep records on this carrier, only on LoadWrap

SMS BASIC Scores→ Licensing & Insurance→ Know Your Rights→ VIN Watch & CARB Check→ Get Change Alerts→

Public record

4 events tracked · latest Dec 16, 2025 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Dec 16, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 4, 2025
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).
May 2, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Sep 11, 2024
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).

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

Contact Details

PhoneSign in to view

EmailSign in to view

Physical Address104 WESTERN ST, LOST NATION, IA, 52254

Mailing AddressPO BOX 392, LOST NATION, IA, 52254

Other Companies at This Address

Address104 WESTERN ST, LOST NATION, IA 52254

Others here

Distinct phones

Active

Company	DOT	Phone	Status
DARK HORSE EXPRESS LLC this company	2110450	Sign in	Active
R & J GRAIN AND LIVESTOCK INC	583779	Sign in	Inactive

Note: sharing an address is legal and common (registered agents, virtual offices, business centers). A shared address never reduces the Trust Score.

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC735811

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 3.91 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .2 · 1 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 22 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage167,393 miles

Mileage Year2018

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective10/07/2023

CompanyACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA-ZL0972

Last checked07/30/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage167,393 mi

Operating15 years

MCS-15002/2026

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

1 · 0 OOS -

2025

3 · 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 Dec 2025, 4 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.

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

10 roadside violations across 4 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 6 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 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 (4)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
12/16/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	GROTON SD	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2025	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	BELLEVILLE M.C.I.S. #58	6	0	6	-	▲Detail
05/02/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	330TH AVE	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/11/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I35 SB	3	3	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections4

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-4	$1,000,000	12/15/2014	02/05/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	CIA0007259711-4	$1,000,000	12/15/2014	12/15/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	593706001	$750,000	10/07/2021	10/07/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	MIDWEST FAMILY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CPIA0560116311	$750,000	10/07/2017	10/07/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SPIRIT COMMERCIAL AUTO RR GROUP, INC	CAC 00001-05944-16	$750,000	10/07/2016	10/07/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-4	$1,000,000	09/29/2014	12/15/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3898294	$1,000,000	08/25/2016	10/12/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3898294	$1,000,000	08/25/2016	10/07/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-5	$1,000,000	08/24/2015	02/05/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-5	$1,000,000	08/13/2015	08/24/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-5	$1,000,000	07/01/2015	07/01/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	CIA0007259711-5	$1,000,000	07/01/2015	08/13/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-4	$1,000,000	05/23/2014	09/29/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-4	$1,000,000	05/14/2014	05/23/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-5	$1,000,000	04/30/2015	07/01/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	CIA0007259711-6	$1,000,000	02/05/2016	08/25/2016	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-5	$1,000,000	02/05/2015	04/30/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	CIA0007259711	$1,000,000	02/05/2014	05/14/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO.	CIA0007259711-4	$750,000	02/05/2014	02/05/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-4	$750,000	02/05/2014	02/05/2014	Replaced
34	CARGO	CLASSIC INSURANCE CO	CA 7800660	$0	01/25/2011	02/13/2012	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLASSIC INSURANCE CO	CA 7800660	$1,000,000	01/25/2011	02/13/2012	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLASSIC INSURANCE CO	CA 7800660	$1,000,000	01/25/2011	01/05/2012	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INS. CO.	CIA 000 7259711-4	$750,000	01/05/2014	02/05/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	CLASSIC INSURANCE CO	CA 8380249	$1,000,000	01/05/2012	01/05/2014	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/15/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/07/2016
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/11/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/04/2017
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/02/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/22/2014
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/04/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/07/2015
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/14/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/22/2014
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/17/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/18/2014
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/03/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	05/05/2015
MC735811	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	02/04/2014	-	-
MC735811	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/03/2011	REVOKED	01/13/2014
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/11/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/08/2016
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/09/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/09/2015
MC735811	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/09/2012	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/06/2012

No revocation records.

Stay ahead of changes

You are checking DARK HORSE EXPRESS LLC today. We can keep watching them for you.

Authority gets revoked, insurance lapses, and a company that looks clean today can change overnight. Create an account, add this company to your list,
and the moment their authority, insurance, safety or contact details change, you see it on your dashboard, or get it by email with Pro.

Add them to your list

Keep this company and every partner you vet in one place you can come back to.

Get a change alert

The moment authority, insurance or safety status moves, you hear about it first.

See the full history

Trust Score over time and the complete authority and insurance timeline, not just today.

100/100

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

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.

DARK HORSE EXPRESS LLC

Trust Score

Public record

Company Information

Contact Details

Other Companies at This Address

Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (4)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

You are checking DARK HORSE EXPRESS LLC today. We can keep watching them for you.

Add them to your list

Get a change alert

See the full history