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1361 MCKINLEY AVE, FRANKFORT, IN, 46041

DOT# 533946 MC# 220977 Frankfort, Indiana 34 years

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Power Units

Drivers

Crashes (24-Month)

$750,000

Insurance

Satisfactory

Safety Rating

Inspections

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Public record

4 events tracked · latest Apr 9, 2026 ↓ Show details ↓

Safety & compliance 4

Apr 9, 2026
Roadside inspection, 3 violations (no OOS).
Feb 27, 2026
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.
Feb 16, 2026
Roadside inspection, 2 violations (no OOS).
Nov 24, 2025
Clean roadside inspection, no violations.

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

Contact Details

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Physical Address1361 MCKINLEY AVE, FRANKFORT, IN, 46041

Mailing AddressPO BOX 705, FRANKFORT, IN, 46041

Operating Authorities

Authority TypeAUTHORIZED FOR HIRE

Carrier OperationA - Interstate

DocketMC220977

CommonNot Active

ContractActive

BrokerNot Active

Operating34 years

Company Overview

SAGAMORE EXPRESS INC is a FMCSA-validated carrier based in Frankfort, Indiana. The company has been in operation for 34 years, registered with the FMCSA on 08/17/1993. The fleet consists of 13 power units and 9 drivers. Annual mileage is reported at 973,000 miles (2023). With zero crashes across 22 inspections, SAGAMORE EXPRESS INC maintains an excellent safety record. The carrier holds a Satisfactory safety rating from the FMCSA. Insurance coverage of $750,000 is on file through ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Active operating authorities include Contract. Based on authority, insurance, safety, and compliance data, SAGAMORE EXPRESS INC has a Trust Score of 95/100 (Excellent).

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 5.53 · 7 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Hours-of-Service Compliance

measure .18 · 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 6.2 · 4 insp with violations

Below cutoff

Source: FMCSA SMS, updated monthly.

Mileage

Annual Mileage973,000 miles

Mileage Year2023

VMT SourceMCS-150 Form

Drivers

Interstate

Intrastate

CDL

Total

Interstate >100mi0

Interstate <100mi0

Intrastate >100mi0

Intrastate <100mi0

Equipment

No equipment breakdown on file with FMCSA.

HazMatNo

Safety Summary

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Driver OOS0.0% avg 5.5%

Vehicle OOS50.0% avg 20.7%

SmartWay PartnerYes

Last Review08/15/1995

Insurance

Amount$750,000

Type91X

Effective01/01/2010

CompanyACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

Policy #CA-K81995

Quick Facts

StatusActive

TypeCarrier

Fleet13 units

Drivers9

Mileage973,000 mi

Operating34 years

MCS-15006/2026

Safety & Inspection Data

Crash Summary

Total Crashes (24-mo)0

Fatal0

Injury0

Tow-Away0

Safety RatingSatisfactory

Driver Inspections

Total16

Out of Service0

OOS Rate0.0%

National Avg5.5%

Below National Average

Vehicle Inspections

Total6

Out of Service3

OOS Rate50.0%

National Avg20.7%

Above National Average

Last FMCSA Review: 08/15/1995 | Rated: 09/13/1995

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

9 · 2 OOS ▲

2025

5 · 1 OOS ▼

2026

3 · 0 OOS ▼

Crashes

2023

2 crashes -

2024

0 crashes ▼

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, 12 inspections, 2 resulted in out-of-service (16.7% OOS rate).

Vehicle Out-of-Service 3 OOS

Live FMCSA roadside inspection records, refreshed monthly.

Crash Records (2)

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
11/16/2023	ENGLEWOOD	OH	0	1	0	2	Clear	Dry	Dark - Not Lighted
07/17/2023	CROTHERSVILLE	IN	0	1	1	1	Clear	Dry	Daylight

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

15 roadside violations across 12 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 9 violations · 0 OOS

Hours-of-Service (HOS) Compliance 3 violations · 0 OOS

Vehicle Maintenance 3 violations · 3 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 (19)

Date	State	Level	Location	Violations	OOS	Driver Viol	Vehicle Viol	Vehicle OOS	HazMat
04/09/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	PERU IN	3	0	3	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/27/2026	IL	Driver-Only (Level III)	294	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
02/16/2026	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	WABASH IN	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
11/24/2025	NY	Walk-Around (Level II)	UNADILLA NY	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/27/2025	OH	Walk-Around (Level II)	EATON OH	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/14/2025	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	INDIANAPOLIS IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/05/2025	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WARREN IN	2	2	0	0	2	-	▲Detail
01/27/2025	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	RICHMOND	2	0	2	0	0	-	▲Detail
10/17/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	SPICELAND IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/13/2024	NC	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-26 HENDERSON	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/08/2024	KY	Full (Level I)	LONDON	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail
07/18/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	FRANKFORT IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
06/13/2024	US	Full (Level I)	LOWELL IN	1	1	0	0	1	-	▲Detail
06/04/2024	KY	Driver-Only (Level III)	LONDON	1	0	1	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/20/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WEST HARRISON IN	3	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
05/15/2024	IN	Driver-Only (Level III)	I-275	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
03/19/2024	IN	Walk-Around (Level II)	WARREN IN	1	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
09/26/2023	OH	Driver-Only (Level III)	WYANDOT COUNTY REST AREA	0	0	0	0	0	-	▲Detail
08/24/2023	ME	Full (Level I)	KITTERY - SCALES	1	1	0	1	1	-	▲Detail

Safety Performance Percentiles

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

Total Inspections16

Unsafe Driving 7 viols

HOS Compliance 2 viols

Vehicle Maintenance 4 viols

Licensing & Insurance

Form	Type	Insurance Company	Policy	Coverage	Effective	Cancel Date	Method
91X	BIPD/Primary	GREAT WEST CASUALTY CO.	CLP83365A	$1,000,000	05/01/1998	01/01/2005	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	AT2-141-001921-03	$1,000,000	05/01/1994	03/03/1997	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO.	AT2-141-001921-03	$1,000,000	03/03/1997	05/01/1998	Replaced
34	CARGO	ACUITY, A MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY	IM-K81995	$0	01/01/2010	01/01/2011	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF621725	$750,000	01/01/2009	01/01/2010	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF621725	$750,000	01/01/2009	01/27/2010	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	CONTINENTAL WESTERN INSURANCE CO.	MCP2723276C	$750,000	01/01/2008	01/01/2009	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP103008071300	$750,000	01/01/2007	01/01/2008	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	WESTPORT INSURANCE CORPORATION	WCP103008071300	$750,000	01/01/2007	02/04/2008	Cancelled
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF445697	$1,000,000	01/01/2005	01/01/2007	Replaced
91X	BIPD/Primary	NORTHLAND INSURANCE COMPANY	TF445697	$1,000,000	01/01/2005	01/26/2007	Cancelled

No active insurance policies.

Docket	Type	Action	Served	Disposition	Disp Date
MC220977	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	11/14/2005	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	12/01/2005
MC220977	MOTOR PROPERTY CONTRACT CARRIER	GRANTED	09/10/1991	-	-
MC220977	CONTRACT	INVOLUNTARY REVOCATION	06/06/1994	DISCONTINUED REVOCATION	07/20/1994

No revocation records.

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95/100

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 95

Starts at 100−5 totalFinal 95

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

Satisfactory FMCSA safety rating.

What's lowering this score

-5

Vehicle out-of-service rate above national average

Vehicle OOS 50% vs national avg 20.72%.

Where this company lands, risk scales

Vehicle out-of-service rate−5 of 5

0 pts · low risk−5 pts · high risk

Vehicle OOS 50% 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.

SAGAMORE EXPRESS INC

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Company Overview

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SMS BASIC Scores

Mileage

Drivers

Equipment

Safety Summary

Insurance

Quick Facts

Safety & Inspection Data

Safety Trends by Year

Out-of-Service Summary Last 24 months

Crash Records (2)

Roadside Violations by Safety Category Last 24 months

Inspection Records (19)

Safety Performance Percentiles

Licensing & Insurance

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