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Company CheckDARK HORSE TRANSPORTATION LLC · DOT 2458754

500 BALLANTYNE RD, GROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI, 48236

DOT# 2458754 MC# 849320 Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan 12 years

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Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

5 events tracked · latest Jul 27, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Aug 13, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jul 11, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 10, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Mar 18, 2025
Roadside inspection, 6 violations (no OOS).

Insurance 1

Current
Active insurance on file ($1,000,000).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address500 BALLANTYNE RD, GROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI, 48236

Mailing Address500 BALLANTYNE RD, GROSSE POINTE SHORES, MI, 48236

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC849320

CommonActive

ContractActive

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 7.51 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 2.8 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

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 Mileage10,000 miles

Mileage Year2025

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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS66.7% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type34

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/09/2026

CompanyHASTINGS INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CPP6401701

Last checked07/27/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet2 units

Drivers9

Mileage10,000 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total3

Out of Service2

OOS Rate66.7%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total1

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

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 · 0 OOS -

2025

3 · 2 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2025

1 crash ▲

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 2025, 3 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (66.7% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 2 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
08/13/2025	Detroit	MI	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

10 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

Vehicle Maintenance 5 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 3 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 (6)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
07/11/2025	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	NB I-75 @ SPRINGWELL	2	1	2	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/10/2025	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROAD	2	1	2	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2025	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-75 SB @ 10 MM	6	0	0	0	6	-	▲Detail
11/07/2023	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	SB I-75 @ BALDWIN RD	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/29/2023	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	US 223 @ WOERNER	3	0	0	0	3	-	▲Detail
07/20/2023	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	S I-75@JOSLYN RD	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections3

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Driver Fitness 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 1 viols

Out of Service Orders (1)

OOS Date	Reason	Status	Rescind Date
2014-12-29	New Entrant Revoked - Failure of Safety Audit	ACTIVE	2015-01-30

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS045187-01	$750,000	12/23/2015	02/24/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS045187-01	$750,000	10/27/2015	12/24/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MICHIGAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA00863593	$750,000	10/26/2022	06/28/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS045187-01	$750,000	08/10/2015	10/27/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS045187-01	$750,000	08/10/2015	11/15/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MICHIGAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA970563655	$750,000	07/03/2023	01/05/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE MICHIGAN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA970563655	$750,000	07/03/2023	01/12/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS030021	$750,000	03/08/2014	03/07/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS045187-01	$750,000	03/07/2015	08/10/2015	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	70TRS045187-01	$750,000	03/07/2015	09/09/2015	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CANAL INSURANCE CO.	CT0348910911	$750,000	01/05/2024	04/09/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC849320	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/18/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/08/2024
MC849320	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/27/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/24/2015
MC849320	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/27/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/24/2015
MC849320	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	11/01/2022	REVOKED	04/15/2024
MC849320	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/19/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2015
MC849320	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/19/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	10/28/2015
MC849320	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/01/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/05/2023
MC849320	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/2014	REVOKED	03/01/2016
MC849320	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	03/18/2014	REVOKED	03/01/2016
MC849320	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/09/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/10/2015
MC849320	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/09/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/10/2015
MC849320	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/22/2025	-	-
MC849320	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	01/22/2025	-	-

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87/100

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 87

−8

Starts at 100−13 totalFinal 87

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−8

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

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 7/9/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-8

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 2 vehicles (~0.5 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

-5

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 66.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−8 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 2 vehicles (~0.5 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 66.6667% vs national avg 5.51%.

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 TRANSPORTATION LLC

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Operating Authorities

Operation Classification

SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (6)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Out of Service Orders (1)

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