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Company CheckELK FREIGHT INC · DOT 3575439

100 S 10TH ST, KANSAS CITY, KS, 66102-5516

DOT# 3575439 MC# 1205833 Kansas City, Kansas 5 years

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123

Power Units

123

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

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

Identity & ownership 3

Jul 27, 2026
Phone number changed.
Jul 19, 2026
Phone number changed.
Jun 27, 2026
Mailing address changed in FMCSA records.

Safety & compliance 8

Jul 17, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 8, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jul 6, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Jul 3, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 24, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Jun 23, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
May 30, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Feb 10, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

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 Address100 S 10TH ST, KANSAS CITY, KS, 66102-5516

Mailing Address10607 WHITTERSHAM DR, CHARLOTTE, NC, 28262

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1205833

CommonActive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating5 years

All Docket Numbers

MC1205833

Cargo Transported

General Freight

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 .73 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .41 · 5 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Driver Fitness

measure .39 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 5.15 · 14 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage3,888,000 miles

Mileage Year2024

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

123

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

123

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Safety Summary

Safety RatingNot Rated

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Driver OOS6.1% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS30.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 07/21/2026

CompanyPROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA03327742

Last checked09/08/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet123 units

Drivers123

Mileage3,888,000 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15008/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)3

Fatal0

Injury2

Tow-Away1

Driver Inspections

Total49

Out of Service3

OOS Rate6.1%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total20

Out of Service6

OOS Rate30.0%

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

2025

36 · 8 OOS -

2026

19 · 1 OOS ▼

Crashes

2025

3 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 Jul 2026, 55 inspections, 9 resulted in out-of-service (16.4% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 7 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (3)

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
10/24/2025	Not Reported	VA	0	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
06/23/2025	GREEN VALLEY	MD	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight
05/30/2025	TERRE HAUTE	IN	1	1	1	Severe Crosswinds	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

70 roadside violations across 55 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 28 violations · 7 OOS

Unsafe Driving 20 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 17 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 3 violations · 3 OOS

Other (General) 2 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 (55)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
07/17/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	021 - EAST MOLINE - I-80 W/B	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2026	PA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MILFORD TWP PA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/06/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	WINSLOW AZ	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
07/03/2026	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	334M US287 NB	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/27/2026	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	LIBERAL KS	3	0	1	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
05/06/2026	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	KINGMAN AZ	9	0	6	0	4	0	-	▲Detail
04/22/2026	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	SARCOXIE MO	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/11/2026	NJ	Driver-Only (Level III)	NJ	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/08/2026	NE	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON I- 80, 1019 FEET WEST OF MI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/23/2026	KS	Walk-Around (Level II)	OLATHE KS	2	0	0	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
03/20/2026	NV	Walk-Around (Level II)	I80 E/B MM311	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2026	CA	Full (Level I)	GRAPEVINE IF	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
03/17/2026	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	DONNER PASS CVEF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/13/2026	UT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WENDOVER UT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I476 MM 95 KIDDER TWP - POCON	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/03/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-55	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/09/2026	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	WADSWORTH OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/07/2026	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-80 EB MM 56 BEAVER TWP - SCA	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
01/01/2026	CA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DESERT HILLS IF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/30/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	SANDERS AZ	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
12/27/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	HUBBARD OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	MD	Driver-Only (Level III)	FROSTBURG MD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-10 EB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	NM	Walk-Around (Level II)	ON US HWY 54 1338 FT W OF E MA	2	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
11/18/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	CHOWCHILLA RIVER IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/17/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-80 WB MM 56 BEAVER TWP - WEI	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
11/16/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	VAN BUREN AR	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/27/2025	KS	Driver-Only (Level III)	WABAUNSEE EAST M.C.I.S. #22E	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/23/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	DOUGLASVILLE GA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/09/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	YOUNGSTOWN OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/08/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	MILAN OH	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/05/2025	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	YOUNGSTOWN OH	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/29/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	WEST MEMPHIS AR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/28/2025	WY	Driver-Only (Level III)	CHEYENNE I-25 POE	2	1	2	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH20 LORAINE SCALE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2025	NM	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-10 EB	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/16/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	STANTON TN	1	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/10/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-80 EB MM 56 BEAVER TWP - SCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/07/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MONTEAGLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/29/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	LONDON OH	4	2	0	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
08/20/2025	OR	Driver-Only (Level III)	ASHLAND OR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/17/2025	TN	Full (Level I)	MANCHESTER TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/22/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	MANCHESTER TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/18/2025	MT	Walk-Around (Level II)	BILLINGS MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/31/2025	LA	Walk-Around (Level II)	HAMMOND LA	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/24/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	MT. PASS CVEF JPOE	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	COAL HILL AR	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	WIBAUX MT	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/23/2025	CA	Full (Level I)	GILROY IF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/07/2025	AZ	Walk-Around (Level II)	PHOENIX AZ	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-70	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/05/2025	OR	Walk-Around (Level II)	MYRTLE CREEK OR	3	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/15/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	MAYVIEW MO	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/26/2025	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	MTN PASS JPOE CVEF	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/22/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections55

Unsafe Driving 7 viols

HOS Compliance 5 viols

Driver Fitness 3 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 14 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA03327742	$750,000	04/08/2024	02/13/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE SOUTHEASTERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA3327742	$750,000	03/09/2021	04/08/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1205833	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	04/15/2021	-	-
MC1205833	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/12/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/19/2024
MC1205833	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/17/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	02/10/2025

No revocation records.

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90/100

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 90

Starts at 100−10 totalFinal 90

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

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

Driver out-of-service rate above national average

Driver OOS 6.1224% vs national avg 5.51%.

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 30% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 6.1224% vs national avg 5.51%.

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 30% 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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Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (3)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (55)

Safety Performance Percentiles

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