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LAVA FREIGHT INC

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Company CheckLAVA FREIGHT INC · DOT 3584093

55 W 22ND ST SUIT#130, LOMBARD, IL, 60148

DOT# 3584093 MC# 1211694 Lombard, Illinois 5 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$1,000,000

Insurance

Not Rated

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

6 events tracked · latest Aug 3, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 6

Aug 3, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 30, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.
Jul 8, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Jun 29, 2026
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Oct 18, 2025
Crash reported (no fatalities).
Mar 25, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address55 W 22ND ST SUIT#130, LOMBARD, IL, 60148

Mailing Address9 INDIAN TRAIL DRIVE, WESTMONT, IL, 60559

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1211694

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 12 · 12 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .2 · 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 9 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage782,114 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)1

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS60.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective03/25/2026

CompanyNATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA

Policy #016-60-4820

Last checked09/10/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet20 units

Drivers20

Mileage782,114 mi

Operating5 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)1

Fatal0

Injury1

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total23

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service3

OOS Rate60.0%

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

2023

1 · 0 OOS -

2024

14 · 0 OOS =

2025

12 · 2 OOS ▲

2026

10 · 3 OOS ▲

Crashes

2023

0 crashes -

2024

0 crashes =

2025

1 crash ▲

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 Aug 2026, 25 inspections, 5 resulted in out-of-service (20% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 OOS

Vehicle Out-of-Service 5 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
10/18/2025	PACOLET	SC	0	1	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

32 roadside violations across 25 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 18 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 8 violations · 5 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 4 violations · 0 OOS

Driver Fitness 1 violation · 1 OOS

Other (General) 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 (37)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
08/03/2026	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	FROSTBURG MD	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/30/2026	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-55/ARSENAL	2	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/08/2026	SC	Driver-Only (Level III)	TRENTON SC	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/29/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	TERRE HAUTE IN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/21/2026	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	NORCROSS GA	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/08/2026	TX	Full (Level I)	US77 RIVIERA SCALE	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
03/29/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2026	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	BOWLING GREEN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	ETNA GREEN IN	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/15/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/18/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57 SB	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/14/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	UNADILLA GA	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/16/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/14/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	IH10 EB KINGSBURY SCALE	2	1	0	0	2	1	-	▲Detail
10/21/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WARSAW IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2025	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	FRANKFORT	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/26/2025	KY	Full (Level I)	FRANKLIN	2	2	0	0	2	2	-	▲Detail
08/07/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW PARIS IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/16/2025	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR 322 AT TRUCK STOP SIGN WEST	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/01/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GARY IN	2	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/21/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	LAFAYETTE IN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/18/2025	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	GALLATIN TN	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/30/2024	TN	Driver-Only (Level III)	CLARKSVILLE TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/16/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ZANESVILLE OH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/22/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	3100 CITY LINE PL	6	0	5	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/11/2024	AR	Driver-Only (Level III)	HOPE AR	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/11/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I80 EB MM 194 GREENE TWP - EAS	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2024	KY	Walk-Around (Level II)	LOUISVILLE	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
05/31/2024	WI	Driver-Only (Level III)	SOMERS WI	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/16/2024	CA	Walk-Around (Level II)	GRAPEVINE CVEF	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/08/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ON W 1ST AVE AT ITS INTERSECTI	5	0	3	0	2	0	-	▲Detail
04/24/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 70 @ 11	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2024	IL	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-57 S/B	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/03/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-57	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/12/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	SR322 ARMAGH TWP - SR 322 MILR	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/05/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-55	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections25

Unsafe Driving 12 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKLEY CASUALTY COMPANY	7812479	$750,000	03/25/2024	03/25/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP85251 00	$750,000	03/25/2023	02/09/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	ARTISAN & TRUCKERS CASUALTY COMPANY	CA947215633	$750,000	03/25/2021	03/25/2023	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	STATE NATIONAL INSURANCE CO., INC.	GWP85251 00	$750,000	02/09/2024	03/25/2024	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1211694	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	03/26/2021	-	-
MC1211694	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/27/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/25/2024
MC1211694	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	02/26/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	03/25/2025
MC1211694	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/16/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/18/2024

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94/100

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 94

Starts at 100−6 totalFinal 94

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

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)−1

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 60% vs national avg 20.72%.

-1

Crashes on record (rate-adjusted)

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 20 vehicles (~0.05 per vehicle); none fatal. Scaled to fleet size and fatal severity.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Crash history (rate-adjusted)−1 of 28

0 pts · low risk−28 pts · high risk

Crash rate: 1 crash(es) across 20 vehicles (~0.05 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 60% 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.

LAVA FREIGHT INC

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Contact Details

Operating Authorities

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 (1)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (37)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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