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Company CheckDOT EXPRESS INC · DOT 2445837

431 E ST CHARLES RD, CAROL STREAM, IL, 60188

DOT# 2445837 MC# 844013 Carol Stream, Illinois 12 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 Jun 19, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 19, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 10, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
May 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Feb 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address431 E ST CHARLES RD, CAROL STREAM, IL, 60188

Mailing Address431 E ST CHARLES RD, CAROL STREAM, IL, 60188

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC844013

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating12 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 5.17 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.5 · 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 6.27 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage289,505 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

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective04/27/2026

CompanyARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #CA956678916

Last checked09/14/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet5 units

Drivers5

Mileage289,505 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15003/2026

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

2023

2 · 1 OOS -

2024

1 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

3 · 1 OOS ▲

2026

5 · 3 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 Jun 2026, 9 inspections, 4 resulted in out-of-service (44.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

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
09/03/2024	LAKE ELSINORE	CA	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

17 roadside violations across 9 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 7 violations · 1 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 6 violations · 2 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 1 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 (11)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/19/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
05/10/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	HEBRON NE	3	1	3	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/20/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	CONEJO IF	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
01/13/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	SIDEWINDER PLATFORM SCALE	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
11/23/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 177 FEET EA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/15/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	I-8 E/B E OF SR-98	5	1	3	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
07/02/2025	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	US-101 SB AT SR 126	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	NV	Walk-Around (Level II)	MIRA LOMA DR/VETERANS PKWY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/06/2023	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-15 S/B NF OF BELL MTN	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
10/16/2023	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CONEJO IF	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections9

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA 2491999	$750,000	11/26/2013	05/28/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRB002097	$750,000	09/08/2017	08/25/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRB001086	$750,000	08/26/2015	08/25/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRB003180	$750,000	08/25/2019	03/21/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC18081638	$750,000	08/25/2018	08/25/2019	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC18081638	$750,000	08/25/2018	09/21/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRB002097	$750,000	08/25/2017	09/08/2017	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL LIABILITY & FIRE INS CO.	73TRB001596	$750,000	08/25/2016	08/25/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3742188	$750,000	05/28/2015	08/26/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA 3742188	$750,000	05/28/2015	09/22/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC21032217	$750,000	03/22/2021	03/22/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA1940530	$750,000	03/21/2020	03/21/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC844013	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/03/2013	-	-
MC844013	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/31/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/23/2017
MC844013	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/30/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/27/2018
MC844013	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/29/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/24/2016
MC844013	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/24/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/16/2020
MC844013	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/23/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/16/2022
MC844013	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/22/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/23/2021

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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.

DOT EXPRESS INC

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (11)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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