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Company CheckLOUISVILLE CARTAGE COMPANY LLC · DOT 257540

3101 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40216-5009

DOT# 257540 MC# 163804 Louisville, Kentucky 43 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

8 events tracked · latest Jul 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

May 6, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Apr 24, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Mar 2, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 19, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Oct 8, 2025
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Aug 1, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 19, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).

Insurance 1

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

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

Contact Details

Phone(502) 447-4252

Email[email protected]

Physical Address3101 DIXIE HIGHWAY, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40216-5009

Mailing AddressP O BOX 16219, LOUISVILLE, KY, 40256

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC163804

CommonActive

ContractActive

BrokerInactive

Operating43 years

Company Overview

LOUISVILLE CARTAGE COMPANY LLC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Louisville, Kentucky. The company has been in operation for 43 years, registered with the FMCSA on 04/16/1985. The fleet consists of 17 power units and 17 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 979,844 miles (2023). 2 crashes have been reported with no fatalities. A total of 34 inspections are on file. Both driver and vehicle out-of-service rates are below the national average, indicating strong compliance. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $1,000,000 is on file through EMERALD BAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Common, Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, LOUISVILLE CARTAGE COMPANY LLC has a Trust Score of 98/100 (Excellent).

Operation Classification

Authorized For Hire Hazardous Materials

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 1.56 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 2.31 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage979,844 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

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS16.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review01/10/2008

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 06/28/2026

CompanyEMERALD BAY SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #EBG-CA0028

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet17 units

Drivers17

Mileage979,844 mi

Operating43 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)2

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total22

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total12

Out of Service2

OOS Rate16.7%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total3

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

Last FMCSA Review: 01/10/2008 | Rated: 01/11/2008

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

5 · 2 OOS -

2024

8 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

12 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

3 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

2 crashes ▲

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 Apr 2026, 21 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (9.5% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (4)

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
05/06/2026	LOUISVILLE	KY	2	1	3	Clear	Dry	Daylight
08/01/2025	Not Reported	VA	1	1	4	Rain	Wet	Daylight
02/19/2025	NOT IN CITY LIMIT	TN	1	1	2	Other/Unknown	Ice	Daylight
08/04/2023	LOUISVILLE	KY	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

15 roadside violations across 21 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 10 violations · 2 OOS

Unsafe Driving 5 violations · 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 (28)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/24/2026	KY	Full (Level I)	LOUISVILLE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/02/2026	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLATIN TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2026	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	GREENVILLE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	VERONA	3	0	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
09/03/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	LOUISVILLE	3	1	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
08/01/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WHITELAND IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/18/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEBANON TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	SEYMOUR IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/02/2025	IN	Full (Level I)	SEYMOUR IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	COVINGTON	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/25/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEXINGTON	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/19/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEBANON TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/17/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	FINDLAY OH	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/24/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKLIN	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
01/02/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	I40 WEST	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/05/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROCKPORT IN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/07/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MURFREESBORO TN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/22/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKLIN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2024	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLATIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/04/2024	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-80	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	OWINGSVILLE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/11/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SEYMOUR IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/15/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOUISVILLE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/02/2023	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
09/15/2023	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKLIN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/04/2023	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	HORSE CAVE	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/01/2023	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORSYTH COUNTY, I-40 W	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/27/2023	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections22

Unsafe Driving 6 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 5 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-K08173	$1,000,000	11/14/2003	11/01/2024	Replaced
34	CARGO	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	MXI 97906694	$0	11/01/2007	11/01/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	CA-K 08 173	$1,000,000	11/01/2000	11/14/2003	Replaced
34	CARGO	THE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	MXI 80350562	$0	11/01/1997	11/01/2007	Replaced
34	CARGO	THE AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.	MXI 80350562	$0	11/01/1997	08/27/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	MERCHANTS AND BUSINESS MEN'S MUTUAL INS. CO.	61-971 246	$1,000,000	11/01/1997	11/01/2000	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO.	MXA 80155148	$1,000,000	11/01/1995	11/01/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	1MP300094866000	$1,000,000	11/01/1993	12/20/1995	Cancelled
84	SURETY	THE RELIANCE INSURANCE CO.	BI 45 56 81	$0	10/15/1988	10/08/1990	Cancelled
34	CARGO	RELIANCE NATIONAL INDEMNITY COMPANY	EM0693542	$0	09/05/1986	06/06/1995	Replaced
34	CARGO	UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO.	IMP 300948660 01	$0	06/06/1995	10/23/1997	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC163804	PROPERTY BROKER	GRANTED	12/13/1988	REVOKED	03/08/1991
MC163804	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/01/1997	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/05/1998
MC163804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/01/1997	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/05/1998
MC163804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/19/1997	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/02/1998
MC163804	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	09/07/1994	-	-
MC163804	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/31/2008	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/11/2008
MC163804	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	06/07/1985	-	-
MC163804	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	06/07/1985	-	-
MC163804	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	05/10/1995	-	-
MC163804	PROPERTY BROKER	DISMISSED	03/17/1995	-	-
MC163804	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/07/1983	-	-

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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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 6/28/2026.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-2

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 2 crash(es) across 17 vehicles (~0.12 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 17 vehicles (~0.12 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.

LOUISVILLE CARTAGE COMPANY LLC

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Safety Summary

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Quick Facts

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Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (4)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (28)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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