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Company CheckBLACKHOUND TRANSIT INC · DOT 2798204

17990 W GREENTREE RD, GRAYSLAKE, IL, 60030

DOT# 2798204 MC# 934372 Grayslake, Illinois 10 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 8, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Jun 8, 2026
Roadside inspection, 5 violations (no OOS).
Dec 21, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Dec 15, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Nov 14, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address17990 W GREENTREE RD, GRAYSLAKE, IL, 60030

Mailing Address17990 W GREENTREE RD, GRAYSLAKE, IL, 60030

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC934372

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating10 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 3.94 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure .17 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 6.66 · 6 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,081,267 miles

Mileage Year2024

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)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS33.3% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective01/13/2026

CompanyBENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #FLCA-1926-04734

Last checked09/14/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet4 units

Drivers4

Mileage1,081,267 mi

Operating10 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total20

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total9

Out of Service3

OOS Rate33.3%

National Avg20.7%

Above 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

1 · 1 OOS -

2024

7 · 0 OOS ▼

2025

15 · 3 OOS ▲

2026

1 · 0 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, 18 inspections, 3 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

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
05/19/2024	PLEASANT SPRINGS	WI	0	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

32 roadside violations across 18 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 25 violations · 3 OOS

Unsafe Driving 6 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 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 (24)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
06/08/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	VAN WERT OH	5	0	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
12/21/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLEASANT PRAIRIE WI	2	1	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
12/15/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	CAMBRIDGE OH	1	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2025	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONROE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/03/2025	NC	Walk-Around (Level II)	I140 NEAR US 74	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2025	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	WATERTOWN WI	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2025	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	73	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/07/2025	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	LEESVILLE LA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/06/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOUNT VERNON	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PLYMOUTH IN	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2025	WI	Full (Level I)	SOUTH RANGE WI	11	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/30/2025	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	PROSPERITY SC	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/16/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PLYMOUTH IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/14/2025	NY	Full (Level I)	LISLE NY	2	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/02/2025	LA	Full (Level I)	BREAUX BRIDGE LA	4	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
03/04/2025	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	EMIGRANT HILL OR	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ETNA GREEN IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/15/2024	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	DELL RAPIDS SD	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/04/2024	MI	Full (Level I)	SWAN CREEK RD @ I-75	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I39	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAWKINS COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	28 - I80 WB MM 44 AVOCA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/30/2024	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	LORDSBURG PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/12/2023	MO	Full (Level I)	SAINT CLAIR MO	6	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections19

Unsafe Driving 5 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 6 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00003	$750,000	11/09/2020	03/27/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00003	$750,000	11/09/2020	03/02/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP35084 00	$750,000	11/03/2018	01/13/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00346	$750,000	10/08/2021	03/24/2022	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00346	$750,000	10/08/2021	02/25/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-02007	$750,000	09/20/2023	04/10/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-02007	$750,000	09/20/2023	03/20/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-04734	$750,000	08/25/2025	09/09/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-04734	$750,000	08/25/2025	10/03/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-03347	$750,000	08/01/2024	05/29/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-04734	$750,000	07/02/2025	08/25/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-04734	$750,000	07/02/2025	09/24/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-04734	$750,000	05/29/2025	07/30/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-04734	$750,000	05/29/2025	07/02/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-03347	$750,000	05/29/2024	08/01/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-02007	$750,000	05/29/2023	09/27/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-02007	$750,000	05/29/2023	09/20/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-01099	$750,000	05/29/2022	05/29/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00346	$750,000	05/29/2021	11/05/2021	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00346	$750,000	05/29/2021	10/08/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00003	$750,000	05/29/2020	11/25/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00003	$750,000	05/29/2020	11/09/2020	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP55015 00	$750,000	05/15/2019	05/15/2020	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP35084 00	$750,000	05/03/2018	11/03/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP45095 00	$750,000	04/10/2019	05/08/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-02007	$750,000	03/20/2024	05/29/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00003	$750,000	03/02/2021	05/29/2021	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BENCHMARK INSURANCE COMPANY	FLCA-1926-00346	$750,000	02/25/2022	05/29/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP45095 00	$750,000	01/13/2019	04/10/2019	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP35084 00	$750,000	01/13/2018	05/03/2018	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	OCCIDENTAL FIRE AND CASUALTY CO. OF N.C.	BA0715428	$750,000	01/13/2017	01/13/2018	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESCO INSURANCE COMPANY	WMC1431824	$750,000	01/13/2016	01/13/2017	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/19/2016	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/13/2017
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	12/17/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/14/2019
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/29/2020	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/10/2020
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	10/09/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	11/02/2018
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	09/08/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/10/2025
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	08/31/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	09/21/2023
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	07/05/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	08/02/2024
MC934372	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	06/03/2020	-	-
MC934372	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	05/20/2019	REVOKED	05/26/2020
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	04/06/2018	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/25/2018
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/14/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/21/2024
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/01/2021	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/03/2021
MC934372	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/25/2022	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/28/2022
MC934372	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	01/21/2016	REVOKED	05/14/2019

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

Vehicle 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

Insurance coverage and carrier are on file with FMCSA.

Safety rating not Unsatisfactory

No Unsatisfactory rating on file.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 33.3333% 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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Crash Records (1)

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Inspection Records (24)

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