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SMARTWAY EXPRESS INC

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Company CheckSMARTWAY EXPRESS INC · DOT 3525590

2075 OAK LEAF ST, JOLIET, IL, 60193

DOT# 3525590 MC# 1171810 Joliet, Illinois 5 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

8 events tracked · latest Sep 11, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

Aug 7, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Aug 2, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 31, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jul 31, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Mar 6, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 1, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 24, 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 Address2075 OAK LEAF ST, JOLIET, IL, 60193

Mailing Address400 HEATHER CT B2, SCHAUMBURG, IL, 60193

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1171810

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating5 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 5.69 · 9 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .11 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .11 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 4.63 · 16 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage1,600,000 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)3

Fatal0

Driver OOS1.4% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS28.6% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 09/08/2026

CompanyAMTRUST INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #KMC1062337

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet20 units

Drivers26

Mileage1,600,000 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15004/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away2

Driver Inspections

Total69

Out of Service1

OOS Rate1.4%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total28

Out of Service8

OOS Rate28.6%

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

2 · 0 OOS -

2024

3 · 1 OOS ▲

2025

38 · 6 OOS ▲

2026

42 · 6 OOS =

Crashes

2023

1 crash -

2024

0 crashes ▼

2025

1 crash ▲

2026

2 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 Aug 2026, 83 inspections, 13 resulted in out-of-service (15.7% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 18 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
03/06/2026	MARENGO	IL	0	1	3	Rain	Wet	Daylight
02/01/2026	LAUDERDALE	MS	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
01/24/2025	ST CLAIR	MO	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Dawn
09/01/2023	GREENFIELD	IN	0	1	4	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

121 roadside violations across 83 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

Unsafe Driving 76 violations · 1 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 35 violations · 17 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 8 violations · 1 OOS

Driver Fitness 2 violations · 1 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 (85)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/07/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	LIMON CO	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2026	UT	Full (Level I)	ECHO UT	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/31/2026	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MI	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/31/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	TRINIDAD CO	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/01/2026	WA	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLYMPIA WA	6	1	5	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/30/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	CA	3	2	0	0	3	2	-	▲Detail
06/23/2026	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/23/2026	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	HELPER UT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/17/2026	TN	Full (Level I)	ARDMORE TN	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
06/15/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SISSETON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/11/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHESTER NE	4	1	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/07/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	IA	5	0	5	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/29/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	INTERSTATE 88	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/27/2026	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	WY	3	0	3	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/11/2026	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	BEMUS POINT NY	2	0	2	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	US287 NB CHILDRESS SCALE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	PLUMERVILLE AR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/03/2026	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	HELPER UT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/23/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	HAMBURG AR	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WALNUT RIDGE AR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2026	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
04/21/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2026	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	28 - I80 WB MM 44 AVOCA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2026	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	CORTEZ CO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/28/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLATHE KS	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2026	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	RUSTON LA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/16/2026	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	LIMA MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	700 N COOPER ST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2026	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHARLESTON MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/12/2026	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/11/2026	MN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PARKERS PRAIRIE MN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/10/2026	MD	Driver-Only (Level III)	FROSTBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/10/2026	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEVADA OH	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/08/2026	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHILLICOTHE OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/07/2026	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/04/2026	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	HOPE AR	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/26/2026	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON S ROSWELL RELIEF ROUTE 1275	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2026	AR	Walk-Around (Level II)	VAN BUREN AR	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/11/2026	SD	Walk-Around (Level II)	SISSETON SD	2	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
02/08/2026	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/23/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-57 MP 19 N/B	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/10/2026	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHEYENNE I-80 POE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/29/2025	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WELLSVILLE UT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/26/2025	UT	Walk-Around (Level II)	ST. GEORGE UT	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/23/2025	CT	Driver-Only (Level III)	MIDDLETOWN SCALE	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/06/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	BROADUS MT	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	VA	Walk-Around (Level II)	STEPHENS CITY VA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/19/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/18/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	81 NB, MM 7.4	7	0	2	0	5	0	-	▲Detail
11/13/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	14 - I29 NB MM 12 PERCIVAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/28/2025	CO	Driver-Only (Level III)	TRINIDAD CO	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/06/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	HAUGAN MT	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/02/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-80 EB MM 56 BEAVER TWP - SCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	LITTLE ROCK AR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/13/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHARLESTON MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/31/2025	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	JOPLIN MO	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/23/2025	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	MILFORD	4	1	2	1	2	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2025	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	AIKEN SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SLIDELL LA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/06/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	UKIAH AREA -	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
07/24/2025	WV	Driver-Only (Level III)	MOUNT HOPE WV	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/18/2025	CT	Walk-Around (Level II)	UNION SCALE	4	1	0	0	4	1	-	▲Detail
07/18/2025	LA	Driver-Only (Level III)	BREAUX BRIDGE LA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	JOPLIN MO	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/15/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I-84 W AT EXIT 17	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/09/2025	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	FROSTBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/07/2025	ND	Walk-Around (Level II)	WILLISTON ND	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/24/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	SELBY SD	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/12/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	ST. LOUIS MO	11	6	0	0	0	6	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BILLINGS MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/10/2025	PA	Full (Level I)	PHILADELPHIA PA	4	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/29/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ANTHONY PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	TILFORD SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	HOPE AR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/14/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	SAN JON PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/05/2025	OK	Driver-Only (Level III)	US 75 @ N153 RD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/22/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-55	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/09/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BROADUS MT	3	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
01/27/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	ROOTSTOWN OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/09/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	WADSWORTH OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/25/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	DEFOREST WI	7	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
10/02/2024	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLATHE SOUTH M.C.I.S. #24W	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/21/2023	TN	Walk-Around (Level II)	MOHAWK TN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2023	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	RT 1 S/B DARLINGTON	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections79

Unsafe Driving 9 viols

HOS Compliance 3 viols

Driver Fitness 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 16 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONCERT SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CS SPS 4315951-00	$750,000	12/07/2023	08/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA947081726	$750,000	06/01/2021	03/10/2022	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA947081726	$1,000,000	03/10/2022	11/25/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA947081726	$750,000	03/10/2021	06/01/2021	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1171810	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	REINSTATED	12/13/2023	-	-
MC1171810	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/17/2021	REVOKED	12/04/2023

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92/100

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 92

Starts at 100−8 totalFinal 92

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

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

FMCSA shows active coverage on file as of 9/8/2026.

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 28.5714% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 20 vehicles (~0.15 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 20 vehicles (~0.15 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 28.5714% 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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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (4)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (85)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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