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Company CheckCARDINAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES LLC · DOT 2453623

13013 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40272

DOT# 2453623 MC# 847465 Louisville, Kentucky 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

7 events tracked · latest Sep 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Jul 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 out-of-service violations.
Jul 20, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
May 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 out-of-service violations.
Dec 28, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Mar 12, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($750,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address13013 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40272

Mailing Address13013 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40272

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC847465

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 1.25 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 1.37 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .76 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 11.78 · 11 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage638,670 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 OOS7.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS61.5% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review08/20/2020

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/07/2026

CompanyBERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY

Policy #7809210

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet16 units

Drivers13

Mileage638,670 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total26

Out of Service2

OOS Rate7.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total13

Out of Service8

OOS Rate61.5%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 08/20/2020

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 · 2 OOS -

2024

12 · 4 OOS ▲

2025

12 · 4 OOS =

2026

8 · 4 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

2 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 Jul 2026, 22 inspections, 8 resulted in out-of-service (36.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 11 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

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	Injuries	Tow	Vehicles	Weather	Road	Light
12/28/2025	NOT IN CITY LIMIT	TN	1	1	2	Other/Unknown	Dry	Daylight
03/12/2025	COLUMBUS	IN	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/23/2023	SEYMOUR	IN	0	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

55 roadside violations across 22 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 30 violations · 11 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 16 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 7 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 2 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 (35)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/23/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN	6	3	1	1	5	2	-	▲Detail
07/20/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	SHELBYVILLE	3	2	0	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	LONDON	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/29/2026	AR	Full (Level I)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	4	2	0	0	4	2	-	▲Detail
02/24/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAGRANGE GA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/21/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	MANCHESTER TN	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
01/09/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOX SPRINGS GA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/06/2026	AL	Driver-Only (Level III)	COTTONDALE AL	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/28/2025	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MURFREESBORO TN	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	FLOWERY BRANCH GA	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/17/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	8	2	1	0	7	2	-	▲Detail
10/10/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SEYMOUR IN	15	1	12	1	3	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHATTANOOGA TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/18/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHATTANOOGA TN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/14/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	ARDMORE TN	2	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/11/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	STATESVILLE WEIGH STATION, I-4	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/02/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	POSEYVILLE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LONDON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	COLUMBUS IN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	TIPP CITY OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	HIGHWAY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-77 SOUTH SURRY COUNTY	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
08/16/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/30/2024	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROADSIDE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/18/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	CONCORDIA MO	3	3	0	2	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/17/2024	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	LONDON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKFORT	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/24/2024	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	MT. AIRY WEIGH STATION N	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2024	AL	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
01/17/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	WILMINGTON SCALES NB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/28/2023	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	SCALES	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
10/18/2023	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	QUITMAN GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2023	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	#43 I-65 NB JACKSON	11	1	2	0	6	1	-	▲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

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 11 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2014-09-08	New Entrant Revoked - Expedited Actions	ACTIVE	2014-09-11

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	WN137725	$750,000	12/17/2013	02/20/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS029335	$750,000	03/05/2014	02/20/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS029335	$750,000	02/21/2014	03/05/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS029335	$750,000	02/21/2014	04/02/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY	A0191252001	$750,000	02/20/2022	02/20/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	SFT9883486 02	$1,000,000	02/20/2021	02/20/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA	TP9883486 01	$750,000	02/20/2020	02/20/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	22890001	$750,000	02/20/2018	02/20/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	FLNCA033000007-01	$1,000,000	02/20/2017	02/20/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	FLNCA033000007-00	$1,000,000	02/20/2016	07/05/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	FALLS LAKE NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY	FLNCA033000007-00	$1,000,000	02/20/2016	02/20/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS044436	$750,000	02/20/2015	02/20/2016	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC847465	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	12/26/2013	REVOKED	02/28/2022
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/08/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/06/2016
MC847465	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/03/2022	-	-
MC847465	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/02/2022	-	-
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/26/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/20/2015
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/25/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/19/2021
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/25/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/22/2016
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/24/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/20/2020
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/24/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/20/2018
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/24/2017	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/21/2017
MC847465	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/24/2014	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/21/2014

No revocation records.

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88/100

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 88

Starts at 100−12 totalFinal 88

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

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 7.6923% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 61.5385% vs national avg 20.72%.

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 16 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 16 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 7.6923% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 61.5385% 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.

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (35)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

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