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AJA CARGO INC

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Company CheckAJA CARGO INC · DOT 3954027

271 WEDGEWOOD CIR, LK IN THE HLS, IL, 60156

DOT# 3954027 MC# 1472464 Lk In The Hls, Illinois 4 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

7 events tracked · latest Oct 29, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Apr 3, 2026
Roadside inspection, 4 violations (no OOS).
Jan 14, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Dec 2, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Nov 4, 2025
Roadside inspection, 1 out-of-service violation.

Insurance 3

Current
Active insurance on file through UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC ($1,000).
Jul 3, 2026
Insurance on file through UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC ($1,000).
Jul 3, 2026
Insurance policy cancelled (GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY).

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address271 WEDGEWOOD CIR, LK IN THE HLS, IL, 60156

Mailing Address271 WEDGEWOOD CIR, LK IN THE HLS, IL, 60156

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC1472464

CommonActive

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 2.64 · 1 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Driver Fitness

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Controlled Substances / Alcohol

measure 0 · 0 insp with violations

Clean

Vehicle Maintenance

measure 10 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage161,748 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 OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS42.9% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerNo

Insurance

Amount$1,000,000

Type91X

Effective05/16/2025

CompanyGEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #9300151512

Last checked10/29/2026

Active Policies1

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet6 units

Drivers6

Mileage161,748 mi

Operating4 years

MCS-15003/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Driver Inspections

Total16

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total7

Out of Service3

OOS Rate42.9%

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 · 1 OOS -

2024

15 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

7 · 2 OOS =

2026

2 · 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 Apr 2026, 10 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (20% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 2 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
04/26/2024	LIBERTY TOWNSHIP	PA	0	2	1	2	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

8 roadside violations across 10 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 · 2 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 (26)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Driver OOS	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/03/2026	WA	Full (Level I)	GRANDVIEW WA	4	0	1	0	3	0	-	▲Detail
01/14/2026	MO	Driver-Only (Level III)	ST LOUIS MO	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/02/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	VALLEY SPRINGS SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/04/2025	MD	Full (Level I)	FROSTBURG MD	3	1	0	0	3	1	-	▲Detail
10/05/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 80 W EXIT 267 (TIPTON)	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/22/2025	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-55	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/19/2025	MO	Walk-Around (Level II)	EAGLEVILLE MO	1	1	0	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
02/27/2025	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	32ND ST SW AND GRANT ST SOUTH	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2025	SD	Driver-Only (Level III)	JEFFERSON SD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/27/2024	IA	Driver-Only (Level III)	01 - I80 WB MM 151 MITCHELLVIL	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/13/2024	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I 80	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/25/2024	OH	Full (Level I)	275 EAST	1	0	0	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
09/05/2024	TN	Full (Level I)	ARDMORE TN	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/25/2024	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	39 - I35 SB MM 212 NORTHWOOD	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/21/2024	MS	Driver-Only (Level III)	WAYNE COUNTY	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
07/20/2024	NM	Full (Level I)	RATON PORT OF ENTRY	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
06/08/2024	MD	Walk-Around (Level II)	MONTGOMERY COUNTY	2	0	2	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/20/2024	MT	Driver-Only (Level III)	ELMO MT	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
04/15/2024	OK	Walk-Around (Level II)	US69/75	2	0	1	0	1	0	-	▲Detail
03/27/2024	PA	Driver-Only (Level III)	WESTPORT ROAD ON RAMP TO PA 57	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/25/2024	NC	Full (Level I)	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/05/2024	NJ	Walk-Around (Level II)	GREENWICH EB SCALE	1	1	0	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
02/05/2024	AL	Full (Level I)	EXIT 208	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
01/29/2024	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	ROADSIDE	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
12/04/2023	IA	Walk-Around (Level II)	I-35 NB	1	1	1	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/13/2023	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	I39	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections12

Unsafe Driving 1 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA962182568	$1,000,000	10/03/2022	05/16/2025	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY	CA962182568	$1,000,000	10/03/2022	06/17/2025	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC	URG05526	$1,000,000	07/03/2026	-	-
91X	BIPD/Primary	GEICO MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY	9300151512	$1,000,000	05/16/2025	07/03/2026	-

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective
91X	BIPD/Primary	UNIVERSAL CASUALTY RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC	URG05526	$1,000,000	07/03/2026

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC1472464	MOTOR PROPERTY COMMON CARRIER	GRANTED	10/07/2022	-	-

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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

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

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 42.8571% vs national avg 20.72%.

-3

Moderate operating history (3-5 years)

Authority granted about 4 years ago.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 42.8571% 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.

AJA CARGO INC

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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 (26)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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