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Company CheckRICK FENTON INC · DOT 241541

21057 183RD AVE, CENTERVILLE, IA, 52544

DOT# 241541 MC# 210250 Centerville, Iowa 38 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Physical Address21057 183RD AVE, CENTERVILLE, IA, 52544

Mailing Address21057 183RD AVE, CENTERVILLE, IA, 52544

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC210250

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerInactive

Operating38 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 4.1 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .65 · 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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage707,850 miles

Mileage Year2022

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review10/09/2002

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/02/2026

CompanyNORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #WN320960

Last checked09/09/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet10 units

Drivers14

Mileage707,850 mi

Operating38 years

MCS-15011/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total12

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 10/09/2002 | Rated: 11/06/2002

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 · 1 OOS -

2024

4 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

6 · 0 OOS =

2026

5 · 0 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

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 Jun 2026, 11 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
09/09/2024	OMAHA	NE	0	0	1	3	Clear	Dry	Dusk
10/19/2023	IA 5 N	IA	0	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

3 roadside violations across 11 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 2 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (17)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/16/2026	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	NV	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/11/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/06/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/09/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/07/2026	AZ	Driver-Only (Level III)	FLAGSTAFF AZ	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2025	WY	Full (Level I)	CHEYENNE I-80 POE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CACHE CREEK SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/03/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORTH PLATTE WEST BOUND	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/21/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CASTAIC IF	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/24/2025	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	REST AREA	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/18/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	NARA VISA PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/15/2024	NE	Full (Level I)	WAVERLY EAST BOUND	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2024	NV	Driver-Only (Level III)	IR80/GARSON CHECK SITE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 137 MM14	4	0	4	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/16/2024	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/10/2023	NV	Walk-Around (Level II)	SLOAN CHECK SITE	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
10/06/2023	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	ST GEORGE PORT OF ENTRY NORTHB	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections13

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN412749	$1,000,000	12/28/2004	01/10/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN412749	$1,000,000	12/28/2004	02/04/2005	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN260464	$1,000,000	09/15/1999	07/01/2002	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN260464	$1,000,000	09/15/1999	07/17/2002	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN338416	$1,000,000	07/01/2002	12/28/2004	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP26791A	$1,000,000	02/08/2021	01/10/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP26791A	$1,000,000	02/08/2021	02/07/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	GWP26791A	$1,000,000	01/10/2005	02/08/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TN251242	$1,000,000	01/10/1998	09/15/1999	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	PAP2068330197	$1,000,000	01/10/1997	01/10/1998	Replaced
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	SPF142850197	$0	01/10/1997	02/12/1998	Cancelled
34	CARGO	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	SPF 14285 0196	$0	01/10/1996	01/10/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LINCOLN GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY	PAP 206833 0196	$1,000,000	01/10/1996	01/10/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY	KS0000652	$1,000,000	01/10/1995	01/10/1996	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	T057330	$1,000,000	01/10/1993	01/10/1995	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC210250	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/01/2004	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/07/2004
MC210250	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/16/1988	-	-
MC210250	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED		RENUMBERED	06/29/1989

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98/100

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 98

Starts at 100−2 totalFinal 98

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 10 vehicles (~0.1 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 10 vehicles (~0.1 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

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.

RICK FENTON INC

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (17)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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