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Company CheckESSAUS FAMILY TRANSPORT LLC · DOT 3873604

5815 SNYDER AVE, DES MOINES, IA, 50322

DOT# 3873604 MC# 1418956 Des Moines, Iowa 4 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 13, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 7

May 11, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Aug 5, 2025
REVOKED MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER.
Jun 30, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Apr 10, 2025
DISCONTINUED REVOCATION COMMON.
Apr 3, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Mar 6, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 violation (no OOS).
Jan 29, 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 Address5815 SNYDER AVE, DES MOINES, IA, 50322

Mailing Address5509 145TH STREET, URBANDALE, IA, 50323

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1418956

CommonInactive

ContractNot Active

BrokerNot Active

Operating4 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 4.26 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .7 · 1 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 3.85 · 3 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage205,453 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 OOS12.5% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS0.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Last Review10/27/2023

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

VerifiedFMCSA · 08/07/2026

CompanyGEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300252804

Last checked09/13/2026

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeMotor Carrier

Fleet1 units

Drivers1

Mileage205,453 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15011/2025

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total8

Out of Service1

OOS Rate12.5%

National Avg5.5%

Above National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total5

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg20.7%

Below National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 10/27/2023

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

4 · 0 OOS -

2024

7 · 0 OOS =

2025

5 · 1 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 May 2026, 7 inspections, 1 resulted in out-of-service (14.3% OOS rate).

Driver Out-of-Service 1 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
06/07/2024	STICKNEY	IL	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

12 roadside violations across 7 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 7 violations · 0 OOS

Unsafe Driving 2 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 1 violation · 1 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 (17)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	HazMat
05/11/2026	MO	Full (Level I)	EAGLEVILLE MO	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/30/2025	NM	Full (Level I)	GALLUP PORT OF ENTRY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/03/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	HEBRON OH	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/06/2025	CO	Walk-Around (Level II)	FORT MORGAN CO	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/28/2025	GA	Driver-Only (Level III)	ADRIAN GA	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/13/2025	TX	Walk-Around (Level II)	300 BILL BURNETT DR	7	1	1	1	6	-	▲Detail
10/15/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	HWY 34	2	0	1	0	1	-	▲Detail
08/14/2024	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	NEW BUFFALO TWP	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/31/2024	MS	Full (Level I)	ITAWAMBA COUNTY	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
05/02/2024	IA	Full (Level I)	01 - I80 WB MM 151 MITCHELLVIL	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
04/17/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/22/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	RICHMOND IN	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/08/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALPARAISO IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/13/2023	FL	Driver-Only (Level III)	CRESTVIEW FL	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/27/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-80	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/20/2023	MI	Driver-Only (Level III)	WB	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/12/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I57	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections8

Unsafe Driving 3 viols

HOS Compliance 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 3 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE NORTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY	CA04435321	$750,000	07/08/2022	04/15/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM058663-01	$750,000	06/11/2024	01/28/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY	9300137405	$750,000	04/15/2025	07/30/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM058663-01	$750,000	04/15/2024	06/11/2024	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM058663-01	$750,000	04/15/2024	06/27/2024	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPAN	02TRM058663-01	$750,000	01/28/2025	04/15/2025	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1418956	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	07/14/2022	REVOKED	08/05/2025
MC1418956	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	05/31/2024	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	06/12/2024
MC1418956	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	03/19/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	04/10/2025
MC1418956	COMMON	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	01/02/2025	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	01/29/2025

No revocation records.

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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

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

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)−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

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 12.5% vs national avg 5.51%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Driver out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Driver OOS 12.5% vs national avg 5.51%.

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.

ESSAUS FAMILY TRANSPORT LLC

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Company Information

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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 (17)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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