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Company CheckKAVA TRANSPORTATION LLC · DOT 3556651

3253 S HALSTED ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60608

DOT# 3556651 MC# 1193065 Chicago, 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 Jul 23, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 8

Jul 23, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jun 24, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jun 13, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 4, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
May 30, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jan 22, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jan 7, 2026
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 6, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address3253 S HALSTED ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60608

Mailing Address3253 S HALSTED ST, CHICAGO, IL, 60608-6605

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1193065

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 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .76 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5.33 · 2 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage864,000 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 OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS66.7% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective02/09/2026

CompanyMITSUI SUMITOMO INSURANCE USA INC.

Policy #TRP1000074-00

Last checked09/11/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet12 units

Drivers10

Mileage864,000 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15002/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away2

Driver Inspections

Total16

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total3

Out of Service2

OOS Rate66.7%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

HazMat Inspections

Total1

OOS0

OOS Rate0.0% (avg 4.5%)

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

2024

8 · 1 OOS -

2025

5 · 1 OOS =

2026

7 · 1 OOS =

Crashes

2024

1 crash -

2025

1 crash =

2026

3 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 Jul 2026, 14 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (14.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 1 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
06/24/2026	WEST ALLIS	WI	3	1	3	Rain	Wet	Daylight
01/22/2026	MARENGO TWP	IL	0	1	1	Blowing Snow	Ice	Dawn
01/07/2026	Marengo Twp	IL	3	1	2	Sleet/Hail	Dry	Daylight
08/18/2025	CORAL TWP	IL	0	1	1	Clear	Wet	Dawn
01/18/2024	WALWORTH	WI	1	1	1	Fog/Smog	Ice	Dawn

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

8 roadside violations across 14 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 · 1 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 2 violations · 1 OOS

Unsafe Driving 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 (20)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/23/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	MEEME WI	4	1	1	1	3	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	US45	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/04/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	35TH ST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/30/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	WENTWORTH AVE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/21/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	LASALLE ST	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/28/2026	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	EB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/12/2026	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	NEWTON WI	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/30/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	35TH X WENTWORTH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-290 WB	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/02/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-290	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/18/2025	MI	Walk-Around (Level II)	WB SCALE	2	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
01/16/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-94 S/B AT NILES CT ROAD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/12/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-94	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/08/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-94	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/24/2024	IN	Full (Level I)	LOWELL IN	4	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
07/15/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	HIGHWAY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/13/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-94	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2024	WI	Walk-Around (Level II)	PLEASANT PRAIRIE WI	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/01/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	DEER PASS RD AND RT 176	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-290 EB	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections14

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 2 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC24020067	$750,000	02/09/2024	02/09/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP85211 00	$750,000	02/09/2023	02/09/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE INC	PC22020254	$750,000	02/09/2022	02/09/2023	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA946247469	$750,000	02/09/2021	02/09/2022	Replaced

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1193065	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	02/16/2021	-	-
MC1193065	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/16/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/02/2024
MC1193065	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/13/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/06/2025
MC1193065	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/13/2023	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/31/2023

No revocation records.

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91/100

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 91

Starts at 100−9 totalFinal 91

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−4

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 66.6667% vs national avg 20.72%.

-4

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 12 vehicles (~0.25 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−4 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 3 crash(es) across 12 vehicles (~0.25 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 66.6667% 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.

KAVA TRANSPORTATION LLC

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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 (5)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (20)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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