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Company CheckTHEODORE JOHNSON · DOT 2505101

DBA: ELITE COMMODITY EXPRESS

280 26TH RD, SURPRISE, NE, 68667

DOT# 2505101 MC# 870742 Surprise, Nebraska 12 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Conditional

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Safety & compliance 7

Jul 13, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 18, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Apr 26, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 4, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 18, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Oct 1, 2024
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 Address280 26TH RD, SURPRISE, NE, 68667

Mailing Address280 26TH RD, SURPRISE, NE, 68667

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC870742

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 8.42 · 9 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 2.56 · 10 insp with violations

Above Cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 7.14 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage810,175 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingConditional

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Driver OOS3.8% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS14.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review11/14/2025

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/03/2026

CompanyAUTO OWNERS INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #51-884444-00

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet18 units

Drivers9

Mileage810,175 mi

Operating12 years

MCS-15006/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away1

Safety RatingConditional

Driver Inspections

Total26

Out of Service1

OOS Rate3.8%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service1

OOS Rate14.3%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 11/14/2025 | Rated: 01/21/2026

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

3 · 1 OOS -

2024

10 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

12 · 0 OOS ▼

2026

9 · 1 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

3 crashes ▲

2025

1 crash ▼

2026

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 2026, 25 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (8% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (5)

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
03/04/2026	COOPERTOWN	TN	0	1	2	Other/Unknown	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted
02/18/2025	NON-CITY OR UNINCORPORATE	MO	1	1	4	Other/Unknown	Ice	Daylight
10/01/2024	HOLLY SPRINGS	GA	2	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/04/2024	YORK	NE	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/15/2024	I-80	NE	2	1	2	Blowing Snow	Ice	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

38 roadside violations across 25 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 21 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 10 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 7 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 (34)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/13/2026	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	SEFFNER FL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/18/2026	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	BLOOMSDALE MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/30/2026	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	KUTTAWA	4	0	4	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/26/2026	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	BOONVILLE MO	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/14/2026	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	JACKSON MO	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2026	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HIGHWAY 18 EB	3	2	1	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	BELLEVILLE M.C.I.S. #58	4	0	0	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
03/03/2026	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW CAMBRIA MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2026	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	KNOXVILLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/30/2025	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEBRASKA CITY SCALE	7	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/07/2025	FL	Walk-Around (Level II)	DAYTONA BEACH FL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/19/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-74	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/30/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MANCHESTER TN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ATLANTA GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2025	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	JACKSONVILLE FL	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	KUTTAWA	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ZANESVILLE OH	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/21/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	MAYVIEW MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/18/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I70 EB E PROVIDENCE TWP - BREE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/15/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	MAYVIEW MO	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2024	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAVERLY GA	5	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/20/2024	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	CALHOUN GA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEBRASKA CITY SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/16/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	02 - I80 EB MM 115 VAN METER	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/01/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	02 - I80 EB MM 115 VAN METER	3	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/25/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PORTAGE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/09/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57 SB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2024	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON UNNAMED STREET, 205 FEET WE	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/17/2024	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	ST. LOUIS MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/07/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I76 W MM 217.9	2	1	1	1	1	0	-	▲Detail
12/20/2023	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOONVILLE MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2023	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	11	1	2	0	9	1	-	▲Detail
08/20/2023	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	I24 EAST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections27

Unsafe Driving 9 viols

HOS Compliance ALERT 10 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	EMPLOYERS MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.	5E4 86 59	$750,000	12/16/2016	06/14/2017	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0048009	$750,000	07/23/2015	08/24/2016	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	OPS0065255	$750,000	07/23/2014	03/09/2015	Name Changed
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0035040	$750,000	07/23/2014	07/23/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPO0035040	$750,000	07/23/2014	09/05/2014	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	OPS0065255	$750,000	07/23/2014	07/23/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NATIONAL CASUALTY COMPANY	OPS0065225	$750,000	07/23/2014	07/23/2014	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY	OPS0065255	$750,000	03/19/2015	07/23/2015	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/22/2016	REVOKED	05/02/2017
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/22/2016	REVOKED	05/02/2017
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	08/04/2014	REVOKED	03/09/2015
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	08/04/2014	REVOKED	03/09/2015
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	08/03/2018	-	-
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	08/03/2018	-	-
MC870742	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/26/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/27/2015
MC870742	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/26/2015	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/27/2015
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/20/2015	REVOKED	08/30/2016
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/20/2015	REVOKED	08/30/2016
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/20/2015	REVOKED	08/30/2016
MC870742	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	REINSTATED	03/20/2015	REVOKED	08/30/2016

No revocation records.

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85/100

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 85

−12

Starts at 100−15 totalFinal 85

Conditional safety rating−12

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−3

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

Conditional rating (acceptable, but not Unsatisfactory).

What's lowering this score

-12

Conditional safety rating

FMCSA assigned a Conditional safety rating.

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 18 vehicles (~0.17 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−3 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 18 vehicles (~0.17 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.

THEODORE JOHNSON

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Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (34)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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